34451From George Washington to Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 31 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 25th Instant reached me yesterday. Sir Henry Clinton has sailed as mentioned...
34452From George Washington to Nathaniel Shaw, 31 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
In the present situation of Affairs, it is indispensably necessary that we should have the most...
34453From George Washington to Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 31 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
You will be pleased instantly upon the Receipt of this to send off an Officer with a sufficient...
34454From George Washington to Colonel Israel Shreve or Colonel Elias Dayton, 31 July 1780 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to Col. Israel Shreve or to Col. Elias Dayton, 31 July 1780 . Shreve wrote GW...
34455To George Washington from Rear Admiral Ternay, 31 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have received the Letter which Your Excellency, has done me the honor to write: It is with a...
34456From George Washington to Colonel Goose Van Schaick, 31 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have received Your Two Letters of the 29th Instant and am concerned to find that the Enemy have...
34457To George Washington from Samuel Washington, 31 July 1780 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Samuel Washington, 31 July 1780 . On 31 Aug., GW wrote Washington: “Your...
34458Summary of General Officers’ Opinions on Military Operations, July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Summary of the opinion of the General Officers upon the propriety of attacking New York in the...
34459General Orders, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
’Till the absent Corps join the Army and a more complete Arrangement can be made for the Campaign...
34460From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonels Bezaleel Beebe and Levi Wells, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am to desire you will be pleased to put the Regiment under your Command immediately in...
34461From George Washington to James Bowdoin, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I had not the honor of receiving your favr of the 12th ulto untill the 28th upon my march from...
34462From George Washington to Philemon Dickinson, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
From our present advices, a considerable part of the Enemy’s force is gone to the Eastward with a...
34463From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
From the great & many difficulties and the delay which attend land transportation, I think it...
34464To George Washington from Major General Robert Howe, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
This Moment I have a Letter of which the following is an Extract—it is dated the 31st of July...
34465From George Washington to Major General Lafayette, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
We are thus far, my dear Marquiss, ⟨o⟩n our way to New-York. Tomorrow the whole army was to have...
34466To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your letter to Count de Rochambeau mentionning the ennemy’s embarkation, and your future...
34467From George Washington to William Livingston, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
From our present advices a considerable part of the Enemy’s force are gone to Rhode Island with a...
34468From George Washington to the Officer Commanding the Additional Maryland Battalion, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
By the time this arrives at the Head of Elk, I would willingly hope, that the Battallion which...
34469To George Washington from Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
By this days post I was honor’d with Your Excellencys Letter of the 18th of July—& likewise with...
34470From George Washington to Joseph Reed, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to inform Your Excellency, that the exigency of the service makes it necessary for me...
34471From George Washington to Major General Arthur St. Clair, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
You will perceive by the orders of this day that the corps of light infantry is im⟩med⟨iately to...
34472From George Washington to Colonel Silvanus Seely, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I presume before this that the Militia required by the Committee of Congress of Your State, for...
34473To George Washington from Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Last Evening I had the Honour of receiving your Excellencys favour of yesterday. In complyance...
34474From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am assembling our whole Continental Force at this place with an intent to move down towards New...
34475From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Weltner, 1 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The exigency of the service makes it necessary that the Battallion under your command should join...
34476General Orders, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The order of yesterday directing the Troops to move to the New bridge on Croton is suspended; but...
34477To George Washington from the Board of War, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The Board request your Excellency will be pleased to furnish them with an account of the places...
34478To George Washington from the Georgia Delegates in Congress, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
We do ourselves the pleasure to enclose to your Excellency, a letter from Governor Burt, of...
34479To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I had the honour of receiving your Excellencies letter of 31th ult. on the subject of forwarding...
34480To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am this Evening honored with yours of the 31st ultimo. I came here the last Evening in order to...
34481To George Washington from Major General Robert Howe, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I found when I came Home a Letter, of which the following is an Extract—the Agent is, in my...
34482To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
In obedience to the act of our assembly, a copy of which I now do myself the honor of inclosing...
34483To George Washington from the Majors of the Pennsylvania Line, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
We are extrimely sory particularly at this important period of time to trouble Your Exellency...
34484General Orders, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The Army having moved to the present ground in Consequence of the Enemy’s dispositions to make a...
34485Proclamation to Deserters, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
By his Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the...
34486From George Washington to Major General Benedict Arnold, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
You are to proceed to West Point: and take the command of the Post, and its dependencies—in which...
34487From George Washington to the Board of War, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with yours of the 27th ulto with Copy of the estimate of Ordnance Stores laid...
34488To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The more I have thought upon the subject of explaining the reasons and causes of our movements to...
34489From George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I shall adopt the order you recommend. Tomorrow if we are all ready to ma[r]ch we will begin to...
34490From George Washington to William Greene, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with your Excellencys letter of the 24th ultimo, and for the reasons you...
34491From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have recd your favors of yesterday—I have ordered the Militia of Massachusetts and New...
34492From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I received Yesterday your letter of the 29th Ulto. Before this comes to hand you will have been...
34493From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Having received accounts, that Sir Henry Clinton had embarked the principal part of his force for...
34494To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
By the enclosed Act of Congress of the 2. Instant you will be informed that all restrictions by...
34495From George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I wish to be informed, whether what Arms and Accoutrements you have on hand, together with those...
34496From George Washington to Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have been favd with yours of the 30th July. The Artificers are drawn from the post at West...
34497From George Washington to Major General Lafayette, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I received this day My Dear Marquis your letter of the 29th of July. The blunders which have been...
34498From George Washington to the Officers Commanding the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Militia at Fishkill, N.Y., 3 … (Washington Papers)
You will be pleased on receipt of this to move the troops under your command down to West-point...
34499To George Washington from the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am to acknowledge your Excellencys favour of the twenty seventh Ult.—calling for the Militia of...
34500From George Washington to Brigadier General Enoch Poor, 3 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have just rec’d your favor of this date. The sooner you take your command in the Light Infantry...