21To George Washington from George Clinton, 17 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
I this moment received the enclosed Letter from Genl Schuyler to your Excellency which agreable to his Direction I have perused & now forward by the same Express who handed it to me. This Letter with one which the Express is charged with from Brigr Genl Clinton will I presume give your Excellency all the Intelligences from the Northward and render it unnecessary to communicate the Particulars...
22To George Washington from George Clinton, 31 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I arrived here the 21st Inst.—My Brother will deliver you this—it will be therefore unnecessary to particularize the Situation of the Military—The Spirit of Discontent, which had reached the Troops here and discovered itself by a Mutiny not of a very aggravated Nature, has subsided and I am in Hopes a Repetition is not to be apprehended. There are in the Troops of this State a Number of...
23To George Washington from George Clinton, 5 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit you inclosed the Exemplification of an Act of the Legislature of this State—ratifying the Amendment of the Constitution of the United States proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives at their last Session respecting the Judicial Power thereof, and am with the highest Respect your Most Obedient Servant Copy, DNA : RG 46, Third Congress, 1793-95, Senate...
24To George Washington from George Clinton, 22 March 1781 (Washington Papers)
Robert Morris Esqr. late Chief Justice of the State of New Jersey has requested my Consent for him to have an Interview on the Lines with Laurence Kortright, John DeLancey and John Zobricski for the Purpose of receiving Information respecting the Title of some Lands in this State—the two former are Subjects of this, the latter of the State of New Jersey—If your Excellency can consistently...
25To George Washington from George Clinton, 7 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have received your Excellency’s Letters of the 27th of last Month & 1st Instant. I am greatly concerned for the Unhappy Fate of Van Tassel, who I am informed always maintained a good Charecter & his Familly have afforded many Proofs of their Attachment to the Cause of their Country in which some of them have been great Sufferers. At the same Time as Capt. Colson has already Quit the Army...
26To George Washington from George Clinton, 3 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
Capt. Sacket informs me that a certain Lownsburry who was taken Prisoner last Winter by a Party of our’s and is now confined at Fishkill, was employed by him as an Emissary during the course of last Summer & Fall in obtaining Intelligence of the movements of Delancey’s Corps and other Parties by which the Country was harrassed—that he was useful & faithful in the Business and that he had...
27To George Washington from George Clinton, 10 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have to acknowlege the Receipt of your Excellency’s Letters of the 5th & 20th Ulto —The Legislature had under their Consideration last Fall a more suitable Provision for the Officers and Privates forming the Quota of this State in the Continental Army—they were interrupted in this Business by their rising sooner than was intended, occasioned by the Expectation of the Arrival of the French...
28To George Washington from George Clinton, 15 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
I this Day received a Letter from Samuel Drake Esquire complaining of an Act of Violence committed upon a Constable of West Chester County in the Execution of his Office, a Copy whereof with the Affidavit which accompanied it I now take the Liberty of transmitting to your Excellency—I am persuaded I need not offer any Argument to induce your Excellency to give your Order that the Offender who...
29To George Washington from George Clinton, 22 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor to transmit (inclosed) a Letter addressed to me by the Consul of the French Republic at this Place dated the 18th Instant, remonstrating against the Continuance in this Harbour of the Brig Swallow a British Letter of Marque, as inconsistent with the Treaty subsisting between the United States and his Nation. I also inclose for your Excellency’s Information on this Subject a...
30To George Washington from George Clinton, 20 May 1783 (Washington Papers)
Mr Chief Justice Morris who will have the honor of delivering this to your Excellency is now on his way to Westchester County. His principal Business thither is to establish the civil Authority of the State in that part of the County which has lately been relinquished by the British and to concert with the civil and military Officers and other principal Inhabitants of the County the most...