1To George Washington from Stephen Moylan and Colonel John Glover, 9 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
We were too sanguine in our expectation on saturday, which occasiond Mr Moylan to tell Mr Reed, that one of the Schooners woud be ready for the sea on thursday next it is difficult to procure Carpenters to put them in the necessary order, we therefore think it will be saturday before the first will be ready to sail, on that day we wou’d reccommend to your Excellency to order the Captain & his...
2To George Washington from Stephen Moylan, 13 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
I arrived here the 11th inst. & deliverd Colonel Reeds Letter to the Chairman of the Committee in Consequence of which he calld a meeting of the members, the result was, that they woud deliver to my Care 1200 barrells of the flour, and let me know what would be done, with the rest of the Cargo, when they received an Answer to a Letter they had wrote to your Excellency, in which (they inform...
3To George Washington from Stephen Moylan, 19 January 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Stephen Moylan, 19 Jan. 1776. On 20 Jan. Robert Hanson Harrison wrote to Moylan: “Your Letter of the 19 Instant was delivered early yesterday & would have been Answered before this Evening, had not his Excellencys time been much employed in dispatchg Expresses to sundry places” ( DLC:GW ).
4To George Washington from Col. Stephen Moylan, 30 January 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Col. Stephen Moylan, 30 Jan. 1777. In his letter to GW of 2 Feb. , Moylan says, “I had the honor to write you the 30th ulto by Colonel Harrison.”
5To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 2 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
I had the honor to write you the 30th ulto by Colonel Harrison, and have now to acquaint your Excellency that the 20,000 Dollars which I received your warrants for, is dispersd amongst the Officers Some of whom have got the horses for their Troops, and make further demands upon me, if your Excellency will be pleasd to give me an order on the Committee of Congress for what I may have occasion,...
6To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 3 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 31st is this moment Come to hand, I am Sorry the wire did not prove good I will endeavour to get better & Send it by first Conveyance, I will Call at Hiltzemers this morning and enquire of him, indeed See myself the State of the horses, an acct of their Condition I will do myself the pleasure of informing your Excellency in my next. I am most Cordialy Dr Sir Your Most Ob. H....
7To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 14 April 1777 (Washington Papers)
On receipt of your Kind favour of the 8th instant, I had fixt on this day, for my Setting out for Maryland, but the hostile appearances in this Bay are Such, that I have given up the thought of going there, and have wrote to Major Washington to repair to Baltimore, and take the part of the Regiment raiseing there under his Command, I have reccommended him to push them forward as Soon as...
8To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 12 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
I Lodge in the house of a man who I verily believe, has as good a heart as any man can have, I have had many oppertunitys of enquireing into his character. he Lays out at Least one hundred pounds Sterling ⅌ annum, amongst the poor of his neighborhood; he is a Phisyscian who receives no fees, he is the freind of the distress’d—this gentleman is by proffession a Quaker of Course a peaceable man,...
9To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 21 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
I received Mr Tilghmans Letter of the 19th Yesterday at five ô clock P.M. ordering me to march to New Windsor, takeing my rout by the Clove, which I understand is near ten miles round, however I will obey it except I meet Contrary orders, I shoud have been further on the March, had not an unluckly thought taken hold, last night, of nineteen, of Craigs Troops who sett off from hence towards...
10To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 22 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
I received your favor of yesterday a little after midnight, and agreeable to your orders, shall return to my old Station, which I assure your Excellency is a very exposed one for horse alone to be at, if there were one hundred Infantry Stationd at Amboy & the proper places near it, and fifty men to be Stationd at the ferrys it woud not only be a Security to the horse, and the Inhabitants but...