131To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 17 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The English fleet has unmoored, the day before Yesterday, from Gardner’s island, where it had been taking in Wood and water, and has been cruizing yesterday before New London. It is said that they expected for General Clinton’s Land forces, they seem not to have given over their project of Embarking them. I have no faith to that 2d part of the News, which came to me From New London, as I have...
132To George Washington from Rochambeau, 15 June 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have received, but Since a few days, the letter of the 8th January the last, which you have honoured me with—I See in it with the greatest Satisfaction that your confederation is to take a solid and respectable form, and that you are going to play at its head a part where your Virtues and your merit naturally place you. our constitution, tho’ monarchical, is in a moment of crisis that has...
133To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 10 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I submit as of right to Your Excellency my ideas and my obedience to his Orders; but since he desires that I give him my opinion, it is this. I do not think that any Enterprise can be made against New York & Long Island, without a maritime superiority. The case of Offensive measures in this instance may present itself in three ways. 1st the arrival of the 2d Division with a Maritime force...
134To Thomas Jefferson from Rochambeau, 29 January 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Cte. de Rochambeau est au desespoir de ne pouvoir se rendre à l’invitation de Monsieur Jefferson pour le vendredi 2. de ce mois. Il doit être ce jour là à Versailles pour la ceremonie de l’ordre du Saint Esprit. Il a l’honneur de lui faire mille tendres complimens, et de lui faire part que sa belle fille vient d’accoucher heureusement d’un garçon. RC ( PU ); addressed in part: “à la Bassein...
135To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 20 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
I received yesterday your Excellency’s Letter of the 15th inst. I immediately sent it to the chevalier Destouches, who sends me this moment his answer which is joined to this Letter. It is most certain that the Ch. De La Luzerne, at the requisition of Congress and of the Governor of Virginia, had only asked from Mr Destouches the Assistance of Some Frigates, and of one ship of the Line, and...
136To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 13 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to recommend to Your Excellency, The Count de Charlus, 2d Colonel of the Saintonge Regiment, who is only son to the Marquis de Castres, whom the news from Europe, report to be made Minister of the Marine. He has asked my Leave to go and pay his respects to Your Excellency, as he proposes pushing forward to Philadelphy, Your Excellency will give him Leave, if you think proper....
137To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 10 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I receive this moment Your Excellency’s Letter of the 3d instant. I am very much surprised that you had not yet received the one which I had wrote to you on the 22d of Last month as an answer to your Excellency’s Letter of the 15th; This is certainly occasioned by the carelessness of the Post rider at Hartford. I believe that Your Excellency will be able to judge better than I, that after the...
138To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 29 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
The Divine Providence manifests itself always for our cause. In my Last of the 26th inst. I have had the honor to acquaint your Excellency that our frigates, after having been severely beaten by three hard gales of wind were entered safe in our harbour. These same gales have thrown on shore two British Line of battle Ships and a frigate that had put to sea on purpose to intercept ours at their...
139To George Washington from Rochambeau, 19 January 1784 (Washington Papers)
I have received the letter which your Excellency honoured me with, dated the 29th of last October Which Major L’Enfant delivered me. I can not better answer to the honourable invitation that you are willing to make me as well as to the general officers and colonels of the french army auxiliary in America, than by Sending you. 1e. The answer of the marshal De Segur minister of war giving the...
140To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 20 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to inform your Excellency of the return of two of our Frigates, to Boston: They Left the Amazoune and our Letter-bearer on the 30th at Night, at an hundred Leagues distance from there, sailing fast before the wind, after being chaced by a ship of the Line and a frigate that were a cruising, and having taken in view of them the ship I mentioned in my Last. We have an...