1From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 29 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, See Robert Hanson Harrison to Horatio Gates, 28 Oct., in
2From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 22–23 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, For GW’s ordering of the three brigades of Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates’s division and the three brigades of Maj. Gen. Alexander McDougall’s division to march toward Hartford to be able to support the French fleet at Boston sooner in case of need, see
3From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 7 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, The “Return of Blankets, wanting in the several Brigades at White Plains,” dated 6
Sept. and signed by Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell, reported 11,067 blankets needed
(
4From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 24 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, (New York) of 19 Aug. printed
an “Extract from the Journal of Mr. Alexander McPherson, Commander of the ship
5From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 7 July 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, On the draft, which is otherwise in Harrison’s writing, Alexander Hamilton completed
the paragraph from this point. However, Harrison subsequently wrote for insertion the
words that follow “the latter not” and complete that sentence.
6From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 8–14 February 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, Alexander Hamilton wrote Elias Boudinot for GW on 9 Feb.: “General Howe has just made a proposition, towards a general exchange of prisoners, or rather has acceded to our former propositions on that subject. His Excellency commands me...
7From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 1 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
Congress appointed Col. Alexander Scammell adjutant general on 5 January ( at the end of December 1777 are two documents in the hand of Robert Hanson Harrison that apparently were written to help GW make sense of this controversy. The first document is a one-page list of congressional resolutions on rank docketed “Genl Woodford—Muhlenberg &c. State of rank”; the other is...
8From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 22 December 1777 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, , 10:210). Congress appointed Alexander Scammell adjutant general in place of Timothy Pickering on 5 Jan. 1778 (ibid., 21).
9From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 1–3 November 1777 (Washington Papers)
GW to Alexander Hamilton, 30 October. GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison gives the correct date on the draft.