11To George Washington from William Moore, 7 December 1781 (Washington Papers)
The Trustees and Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, deeply impressed with a sense of the many important services you have rendered to America, happy in the protection which this seminary of learning, in common with others, has obtained by your exertions, and elated with the pleasing prospect of the progress of science and the establishment of peace and Independence, beg leave to...
12To George Washington from William Moore, 28 August 1782 (Washington Papers)
The inroads which have recently been made by the indians within this state, and the number of murders committed by them far within our frontiers, having become seriously important and alarming, the House of Assembly, many of whose members are well acquainted with the nature of indian wars, have taken the matter under their consideration and think it necessary to carry several expeditions into...
13To George Washington from William Moore, 25 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s letter of the fourth instant, with the Postscript of the eighth, has been read in Council, and considered with that attention, which is due to the observations of a General, whose measures have on all occasions been dictated by the purest patriotism, and therefore stand in need of no apology. After using every means in our power, we have fallen greatly short of the number of...
14To George Washington from William Moore, 27 November 1781 (Washington Papers)
Our cordial acknowledgments are ever due to Your Excellency, for the great and disinterested service you have rendered our common country; but, on this occasion, we approach you with peculiar pleasure, and can only regret, that the common language of congratulation will too imperfectly convey our gratefull sense of the late eminent display of your military virtues, in the capture of a British...
15To George Washington from William Moore, 22 February 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s letter of the 21st of the present month has been read in Council and laid before the General Assembly for their consideration. I have the honor to be with the greatest regard Your Excellencys Most obedient servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.