10641To George Washington from Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, 29 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
Ce n’est point en ma qualité de ministre d’un Roi l’ami et l’allié des Etats unis de l’Amerique quoique ce soit de la connoissance et avec l’aveu de Sa Majesté que j’ai l’honneur d’ecrire a ve Exce. C’est comme homme sensible et comme un pere tendre qui connoit toute la force de l’amour paternel que je prends la liberté d’adresser a Ve Exce mes instantes sollicitations en faveur d’un mere et...
10642To George Washington from William Heath, 30 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with Your Excellencys letter of this date, covering two to general Sir Guy Carleton, they are forwarded by Express to Dobbs ferry, to be sent to the enemies out Post. I shall hold myself in readiness to execute Your Excellencys commands as express’d in Your letter. I have the honor to be with the highest respect Your Excellencys Most Obedient Servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
10643To George Washington from Henry Knox, 30 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
Estimate of horses and oxen, necessary to remove the Park of Artillery and its appendages from Burlington. For the regiment 9 by Forage 1 Waggon Master 1 Laboratory 4 Artificiers 6 21 waggons Travelling Forges 4
10644To George Washington from Samuel Loudon, 30 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
Mr Hazard, Post Master Genl wrote me lately of an error I had committed, in posting three of your Excellency’s Letters, directed for Gentlemen in New Jersey, in the Philadelphia Mail, and that on their return, they were taken with the Mail. I’m exceedingly pained and sory for the oversight and the unfortunate consequence, of the Letters falling into the Enemy’s Hands. I beg your Excellency’s...
10645To George Washington from Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 30 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to send to your Excellency a Copy of the Letter which I have received from Mr De Vaudreuil and of my answer. I beg you would give to Mr De Choisy a Letter for that General officer with an explanation of your opinion about Penobscott. If your Excellency thinks fit to undertake that expedition, not withstanding the risks of meeting a superior fleet which naturally must not be...
10646To George Washington from William Smallwood, 30 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with your favor wrote from Newburgh without Date—and shou’d sometime ago have anticipated your Requisitions, by laying before you the Information you require—but was first solicitous to have a Detachment nearly ready for marching, which the want of Cloathing and Equipments has prevented. As you seem desirous of obtaining regular Reports of the progress I have made, and a minute...
10647To George Washington from Antoine Félix Wuibert de Mézières, 30 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency having been Kind Enough as for grant me the Leave to Come in this town, Where I am Since the 19th Instant; I Beg you Would be pleased With my most Respectfull thanks for it, and have the honour to Inform you that all my Businesses are Entirely finished. As I am Very far from making any bad use of Your Excellency’s goodnesses, & have allways been addicted to my Duty; I Beseech...
10648To George Washington from Jedediah Huntington, 31 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
The Proposal of having a fishing Boat employ’d for the Use of our Prisoners I think ought to be complied with not that I believe they will derive much Advantage from it, but that they may not think themselves neglected by us, & that the Enemy may not have another Pretext for their hard Usage. The said Boat should have your Excellencys written Permit with some Description of her & restricting...
10649To George Washington from Henry Knox, 31 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
The General officers who were directed by your Excellency to view the most proper place on West point, to erect a magazine, desired me to report, That it is their opinion that the hollow, west of Fort Clinton, under all circumstances, is the best place for that purpose. I have the honor to be sir with the greatest Respect Your Excellencys most obedient Servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
10650To George Washington from George James Ludlow, 31 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
I cannot avoid taking the first opportunity of acknowledging my obligations to your Excellency for the honor you have done me, by the Civilities expressed in your Letter of the 10th of July which I received, with the one inclosed, in New York; Where I arrived some time since, with permission from Genl Lincoln, to represent Captn Asgills situation to the Commander in Chief. I have now to...