1John Langdon to the American Commissioners, 29 October 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...; on their Retreat to see their distresses, leaveing their Waggons and many Stores on the way which was filled with their Dead and disabled Horses, their Burning all Houses, Barns, Mills, Wheat Hay &c. as they passed; our Army pursueing in the finest Order and getting round them fast, which was compleatly done the day after they got to Saratoga several thousand Hampshire Men being at...
2Robert Morris to the American Commissioners, 28 March 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...still remains inactive, and greatly distressed for want of Forage and Fresh provisions which they cannot obtain in any tollerable plenty as our Army are posted all round them, have removed most of the Hay, Corn and Provisions that was near Brunswick and never suffer a Foraging party of the Enemy to stir out but they attack them and altho’ they come out strong enough to drive our...
3To Benjamin Franklin from John Hay, Jr., 1 July 1779 (Franklin Papers)
’s encouragement but afraid to entrust a list of their names to the post, they sent Hay to deliver the list and to bring back a passport:
4To Benjamin Franklin from John Hay, Jr., 6 July 1779 (Franklin Papers)
John Hay, Dunk— 6 July 1779....which was indicated for insertion. The draft had originally stated that the persons named were “Natives of Ireland.” That reference was marked for deletion, perhaps at Hay’s request, and their nationality was left unspecified. The passport continued: “Being willing to encourage whatever is likely to prove beneficial to America, & knowing that these Undertakings...
5To Benjamin Franklin from Jesse Taylor, 10 April 1779 (Franklin Papers)
The messenger was John Hay, Jr., who met with , contains thirty-four names, including Hay’s and those of Jesse Taylor, his wife, and his seven children. Hay left Passy on July 2 with passport in hand: Hay to
6To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 5–9 October 1769 (Franklin Papers)
...9. This Letter I open’d again to inclose the 2d of each of two Bills just received from Mr. Hubbart—the first of which I sent per Packet Saturday Night: one is for £105 Sterling drawn by Hays & Polock, on Mr. David Milligan of London, dated Newyork, Aug 15. 1769—the other for £15 2..., Hays and Issachar Polock were partners in a mercantile firm of New York and Newport. J. Solis-Cohen, Jr...Hays
7To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Hunter Morris: Commission, 5 January 1756 (Franklin Papers)
Capt. William Hays (Hayes) was probably a son of John Hays (1704–1789), original settler of Allen Township in Northampton Co. After the rout of his company at Gnadenhütten, January 1, the survivors were posted under Ensign Sterling near [John] Hays’s tavern on the
8To Benjamin Franklin from Lewis Fevre, 5 August 1773 (Franklin Papers)
Mr. Hay desires to be informed, as soon as possible, if there are to be any Additions to the Psalms, as they have but six Pages more to do, to finish the whole.Hay, whoever he was, came from the printer who was completing Le Despencer’s revised version of the Prayer Book, to which
9From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin, [21 June 1776?] (Jefferson Papers)
I. Minis Hays thought it possible the enclosure referred to was the Declaration of Independence ( the editors feel that Dr. Hays’ conjecture probably has more plausibility than a similar claim that might be advanced for any of the other papers drawn up by TJ for Congress in 1775–1776.
10To Benjamin Franklin from [Anthony Wayne], 13 June 1776 (Franklin Papers)
...of the Shipping when all of a Sudden a large Body of Regulars Marched down in good Order Immediately in front of me to prevent our forming, in Consequence of which I Ordered my Light Infantry together with Capt. Hay’s Company of Rifle menSamuel Hay and riflemen of the 6th Pa.: Heitman,