26191From Alexander Hamilton to Baron von Steuben, [12 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
You will be pleased at His Excellency’s desire to assemble all the Officer’s commanding batalions of Militia at your Quarters this afternoon four oClock to settle a general plan for the disposition of the Militia. I have the honor to be Yr. most Obed ser ALS , facsimile in Sammlung historisch berühmter Autographen Erste Serie (Stuttgart, 1846), 257. No addressee is given on this letter, but...
26192George Washington to the Committee of Cooperation, 12 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 12, 1780 . Asks committee to check rumor that some states are not attempting to complete their quotas of men. Discloses that force requested is as small “as can give us any prospect of a decisive effort.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26193George Washington to Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard, 12 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 12, 1780 . Instructs Heard to collect all cattle and horses “within five miles of the water from Newark to Amboy.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26194[From Alexander Hamilton to Chevalier de Ternay], [13 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. This letter has been incorrectly attributed to H in both John C. Fitzpatrick, Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington with the Officers (Washington, 1915), II, 1362, and in JCHW John C. Hamilton, ed., The Works of Alexander Hamilton (New York, 1851). , I, 140–42. Actually it was written by Major William Galvan, who had been sent by...
26195George Washington to the Committee of Cooperation, 13 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 13, 1780 . Approves of plan for quartermaster’s department. Asks committee to fix salaries of officers so that the department can be immediately activated. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26196George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 13 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 13, 1780 . Refuses Trumbull’s request to write to Congress concerning the payment of Connecticut cattle feeders. Appreciates Trumbull’s efforts “to give relief to our distresses.” States that the enemy is still at “Elizabeth Town point.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. The letter sent is dated June 14, 1780.
26197From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard, 14 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 14, 1780 . Orders Heard to deliver all horses to the quartermaster general and “all the Cattle unfit for immediate use to the Contractor of the Country.” Df , in writing of Richard Kidder Meade, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Signature in Meade’s writing is “AH, ADC.” When this letter was written, Heard was in Pompton, New Jersey.
26198George Washington to Daniel Marsh, 14 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Springfield, New Jersey ] June 14, 1780 . Sends instructions concerning cattle that is being collected by Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Marsh was contractor for supplies for Essex County, New Jersey.
26199George Washington to George Clinton, 15 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 15, 1780 . States that West Point will probably be attacked. Asks that New York Brigade reinforce West Point, and that Clinton give all possible assistance to Major General Robert Howe. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26200Examination of James Dickson by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, [15 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Springfield, New Jersey, June 15, 1780. ] Contains information concerning the British troops and New Jersey “volunteers” in the vicinity. AD , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. James Dickson of the British Guards had deserted and was at this time with the American troops near Springfield.
26201George Washington to Major General Robert Howe, 15 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 15, 1780 . Warns of possible attack by British. Sends instructions for the defense of West Point. States, however, “if the enemy’s designs should be against this army, you may be useful to us by making a demonstration in your quarter.” Df , in writings of George Washington and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26202George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 15 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 15, 1780 . Describes British “incursion into the Jersies.” Fears attack on West Point and orders McDougall to West Point. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26203George Washington to the Board of War, 16 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Springfield, New Jersey ] June 16, 1780 . Thanks board for securing future services of the Philadelphia City Light Horse. Questions irregular manner in which paroled “Marine Prisoners” were sent to New York. Df , in writings of Richard Kidder Meade and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26204George Washington to Joseph Reed, 16 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Springfield, New Jersey ] June 16, 1780 . Asks Reed to send on the “city light horse.” Df , in writings of Richard Kidder Meade and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; LS , in the handwriting of H, Park Collection, Morristown National Historical Park, Morristown, New Jersey.
26205George Washington to Major General Robert Howe, 18 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 18, 1780 . Reports that Sir Henry Clinton is arriving from the South. Warns of possible attack. Instructs Howe to apply to New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts for reinforcements. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26206George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 18 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 18, 1780 . Reports that British are still at “Elizabeth Town point,” and that Sir Henry Clinton has arrived from the South. Asks Congress to urge Pennsylvania to send “forward the drafts, they have already made.” States a need for wagons. States that “not a single draft has yet joined the Army … and here we are in the middle of June.” Emphasizes urgent need for...
26207George Washington to William Livingston, 18 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 18, 1780 . Is sending Brigadier General Henry Knox to present to the New Jersey legislature the “ill consequences” of their plan of “a draft from the Militia to serve for the campaign under their own Officers, instead of being incorporated with their Continental batallions.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26208George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 18 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 18, 1780 . Reports that Sir Henry Clinton’s fleet has appeared off Sandy Hook. Has directed Major General Robert Howe to apply to Connecticut for reinforcements. Entreats Trumbull to send both “the State Regiments” and “the drafts for the Continental batalions” to West Point. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26209George Washington to Joseph Reed, 19 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 19, 1780 . Informs Reed of arrival of Admiral Arbuthnot and British fleet. Asks for “the aid of two hundred and fifty teams.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26210George Washington to the Committee of Cooperation, 20 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 20, 1780 . Advises Committee that Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons is being sent to Connecticut for “collecting, arranging and forwarding the drafts and recruits from that state to the army.” LS , in writing of H, Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives.
26211George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 20 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 20, 1780 . Reports that Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons is being sent to Connecticut to “receive arrange and forward to the Army, the Drafts and recruits which may be furnished for the Continental Battalions in consequence of the late requisitions of the Committee of Congress.” Asks Trumbull to assist Parsons. Df , in writing of H, George Washington...
26212George Washington to the Board of War, 21 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 21, 1780 . Requests board to order recall of infantry of Major Henry Lee’s corps. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26213George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 21 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 21, 1780 . Instructs Greene to “take the command of the troops left at this post and the vicinity,” to cover the country and public stores, and to secure information concerning enemy. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26214George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 21 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Springfield, New Jersey ] June 21, 1780 . Instructs Knox to transport the flour at Trenton, New Jersey, to New Windsor, New York. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26215George Washington to Major Richard Claiborne, 23 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Rockaway Bridge [ New Jersey ] June 23, 1780 . Instructs Claiborne to proceed to Morristown to check on removal of stores and baggage. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26216George Washington to the Committee of Cooperation, 23 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Rockaway Bridge [ New Jersey ] June 23, 1780 . Reports that enemy is marching toward Morristown. Emphasizes need of redoubled efforts by the states. Urges Committee to move from Morristown as it “is become an ineligible place.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26217George Washington to Major General Robert Howe, 23 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Rockaway Bridge [ New Jersey ] June 23, 1780 . Reports that British are marching in two divisions to West Point. Sends instructions for defense of the works. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26218From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Elias Dayton, [24 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
I am sorry that we have not yet been able to get a return for the papers I last sent you, as the Minister makes it an object to have them in regular sucession. I send you some late Philadelphia papers, which I entreat you to get exchanged and if possible to get all the papers since the last exchange. Your’s with great resp ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Dayton was at Springfield,...
26219From Alexander Hamilton to Baron von Steuben, [25 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
The enemy the day before yesterday made a forward movement to Springfield which they burnt and retired to Elizabeth Town point. The same evening they crossed over to Staten Island and there are a great many concurring circumstances which make it probable we shall next hear of them on the North River. As you are at West Point, The General wishes you to remain there till the present appearances...
26220George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 25 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Whippany [ New Jersey ] June 25, 1780 . Describes movements of the two Armies. States doubt concerning enemy’s objective, but believes that it is probably West Point. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26221George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Baptiste Gouvion, 26 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Pequannock [ New Jersey ] June 26, 1780 . Directs Gouvion to proceed to West Point. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26222George Washington to George Clinton, 27 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Ramapo [ New Jersey ] June 27, 1780 . Approves measures taken by legislature. Explains that unless the Continental battalions are completely filled there can be no success in the proposed cooperation. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26223George Washington to George Clinton, 27 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Ramapo [ New Jersey ] June 27, 1780 . States that Major General Robert Howe has been ordered to dismiss the militia. Emphasizes necessity of completing Continental battalions. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26224George Washington to Major General Robert Howe, 27 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Ramapo [ New Jersey ] June 27, 1780 . States that with addition of Connecticut line and present position of the Army the troops at West Point will be sufficient for its defense. Orders Howe to dismiss militia. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26225George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 27 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Ramapo [ New Jersey ] June 27, 1780 . Explains that militia is no longer needed. Emphasizes importance of completing the Continental battalions. Df , in writings of George Washington and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26226George Washington to Major General William Phillips, 29 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Ramapo, New Jersey ] June 29, 1780 . Refuses Phillips’s request to go to Philadelphia to meet Major General Benjamin Lincoln. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26227From Alexander Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, [30 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
I received my Dear Laurens a letter from you which came by Mr. Ternant; and I since learn you are arrived at Philadelphia on a parole restricted to the State of Pensylvania. I regret the loss of Charles Town as a public misfortune. I regret it, as it affects my friends and among these I need not tell you how much my heart distinguishes your case. I know what you must suffer ⟨to⟩ have your...
26228From Alexander Hamilton to Baron von Steuben, [30 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Agreeable to your request my Dr Baron I communicated your pro[po]sal to the General. Happily the inactivity of the enemy has given us time to make dispositions which render the calling out the Militia unnecessary; and the whole has been accordingly countermanded. The General requests that when you have completed the objects of your errand in your departments and put things in train you will...
26229George Washington to Patrick Dennis, 30 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Ramapo [ New Jersey ] June 30, 1780 . Asks Dennis to come to Headquarters. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Dennis was a pilot.
26230George Washington to Meshech Weare, 30 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Ramapo [ New Jersey ] June 30, 1780 . Is sending Brigadier General John Stark to “collect and forward the drafts for your battalions.” Explains importance of completing these requisitions. Suspends date for assembling of militia until French fleet arrives. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Weare was president of New Hampshire.
26231From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, [June–October 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
I wrote you, my dear, in one of my letters that I had written to our father, but had not heard of him since, that the operations in the islands hitherto cannot affect him, that I had pressed him to come to America after the peace. A gentleman going to the island where he is, will in a few days afford me a safe opportunity to write again. I shall again present him with his black-eyed daughter,...
26232From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, [2–4 July 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
I have been wishing my love for an opportunity of writing to you, but none has offered. I sit down to have a line ready for a sudden Call which will be inclosed to Col Hay. The inclosed was sent to you at Morris Town, but missed you; as it contains ideas that often occur to me, I send it now. Last evening Doctor Cochran delivered me the dear lines you wrote me from Nicholson’s. I shall...
26233George Washington to the Board of War, 4 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Bergen County [ New Jersey ] July 4, 1780 . Asks Board to comply with Brigadier General Henry Knox’s request for military stores. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26234George Washington to Joseph Reed, 4 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Bergen County [ New Jersey ] July 4, 1780 . States that “legislature of Pennsylvania has vested you, in case of necessity with a power of declaring Martial law throughout the state, to enable you to take such measures as the exigency may demand.” Urges Reed to use this power to complete Continental battalions. Df , in writings of George Washington and H, George Washington Papers, Library of...
26235George Washington to Meschech Weare and Jeremiah Powell, 4 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Bergen County [ New Jersey ] July 4, 1780 . Requests powder for Army. Explains importance of Continental battalions. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26236From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, 6 July [1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Here we are my love in a house of great hospitality—in a country of plenty—a buxom girl under the same roof—pleasing ⟨expect⟩ations of a successful campaign—and every thing to make a soldier happy, who is not in love and absent from his mistress. As this is my case I cannot be happy; but it is a maxim of my life to enjoy the present good with the highest relish & to soften the present evil by...
26237From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, [6 July 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Dr. W. Mendy is one of those characters that for its honesty, simplicity, and helplessness interests my humanity. He is exceedingly anxious to be in the Service and I believe has been forced out of it not altogether by fair play. He is just what I should like for a military parson except that he does not whore or drink. He will fight and he will not insist upon your going to heaven whether you...
26238To Alexander Hamilton from Marquis de Barbé-Marbois, 11 July [1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Nous avons sçu ici que le desir du Général a été que l’offrande des dames de Phaladelphie et même de la Pensylvanie fut employée en achat de chemises pour le Soldat. Toutes les femmes ont applaudi à cette idée, elles ont pensé que pour rendre la souscription beaucoup plus avantageuse au Soldat il seroit à propos de les charger elles mêmes de ce detail. Elles proposent donc, que le produit de...
26239George Washington to Major Henry Lee, 11 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Bergen County, New Jersey ] July 11, 1780 . Orders Lee to Monmouth, New Jersey, to assist Brigadier General David Forman. Sends instructions for aiding and contacting French fleet on its arrival. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26240George Washington to the Committee of Cooperation, 13 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Bergen County, New Jersey ] July 13, 1780 . Sends news that French fleet has been sighted off of the “Capes of Virginia and Delaware.” Regrets slowness with which the states are complying with requests of the Committee. LS , in writing of H, Papers of Continental Congress, National Archives.