91To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 10 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
I recd Your orders through Colo. Meade which Shall be immedeatly attended to. Capt. Leavenworth is now on the Sound In persute of Intilligence I make no doubt He will be able to give Some Acct of the Fleat You mention. Exclusive of this I Shall this moment Send Colos. Butler Parker & Grayham Some of them I make no doubt Will be able Learn with Certainty whether they have troops on Board. my...
92To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 9 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have the unhappiness to inform You that Desertion still prevails among my Corps, we Seldom Send a Detachment on the line, But we loose one or two. and last night Deserted From this Camp three Serjants and 29 privats of Colo. Grayhams Regt of Militia, whom I am much afraid has gon to the enemy. as three of them are taken up by one of my Picquets making that way, this togather with those...
93To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 8 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
I am unhappy to inform You that the Enemy had returnd before our partie was able to Reach them, Be assurd that every exertion was made To intercept them, the attention of our partie was so Taken up with the two Columns on Wards & Volentons Roads that it was impossable to git intelligence of That partie sooner than we did, they had passed by East Chester near two Hour before our partie got...
94To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 6 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
Capt. Croghan Waits on Your Excellency for the Hard Money. nothing extraordinary this morning. I am Your Excellencys Obt Servt ALS , DLC:GW . Below Scott’s signature, GW wrote out a receipt, which was signed by Capt. William Croghan: “Septr 6th 1778. Then received Twenty five Guineas of Geo. Washington to be delivered to Brigr Genl Scott.” According to GW’s expense account, the money was sent...
95To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 3 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
Capt. Levensworth returnd last Night but Was not able to procure any Intelligence Material, he Is again gon to meet another person whom he expects from Whitestone, Colo. Grayham also expects to meet a person from New York this Day. So soon as it can possably be had I will Transmit it to Your Excellency. Inclosd You’l Receive a York paper of Yesterdays date. I am Your Excellency’s Obt Servant...
96To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 2 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
I am Sorry to inform You that I have not been able to get any Intelligence worth Your attention since The Rect of Your Instructions. Colo. Butler returnd last evning who tells me it is next to an impossability to get a proper person to go on long Island, I Have Still out Colo. Grayham & Capt. Levengsworth I hope they may bring somthing. Inclosd Your Excellency will Receive a Paper of the 29th....
97To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 2 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
Having Considerd the several Matters Your Excellency Laid before the board of officers last evening. I am of opinion that No relief be Sent from this armey to Rhode Island unless Some farther Intelligence should Warrant it, which in all probability the Event of a few Days will determine I have no Idea of any Valuable purposes Being answer’d by even taking posession (If we could do so) of the...
98To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 31 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
I recd Your Favour through Colo. Tilghman, Particular attention shall be paid to it, Capt. Leavensworth is now on long Island for that purpose But fearing he may Fail I will Dispatch a nother Person, about 8 oClock this morning Colo. Gist Fell in with a partie of the enemy about two mile Below Philaps’s hous and after exchanging a fiew Shot they gave way leaving one killed Dead & Making three...
99To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 30 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have inteligence from York by good Authority that Seven of the Cork fleet is arived—Which Braught 600 Marins, that they war imbarking Heavy Cannon Yesterday and other Stors, 4 or 5 Brigads imbarked two days ago part of which Was from long Island, those from York Saild Out at the Hook the others eastward, all the remainder Of the fleat was taking in Stors, it is the Genl oppinion of the...
100To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 29 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed is the intelligence I this moment received from Colls Butler & Parker. I am your Excellencys Obedient Servt Sprague transcript , DLC:GW . Scott wrote and signed a note on the cover of the letter: “pass the Bearer to Head Quarters” (MB). The enclosure, a letter to Scott from colonels Richard Butler and Richard Parker, dated “New Rochelle [N.Y.] ½ past 10 OClock,” reads: “We find the...
101To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 28 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
I sent You a Message By Capt. Anderson from Volentines hill informing Your Excellency of the Fleat in the sound I dispatched Colos. Butler & parker from That place for Intelligence, they are Just Returnd from the Waters edg opposit them and inform me that there are about 70 Sail Chiefly Transports the Bulk of which Lyes about the west end of City Island, A considerable part of those vessils...
102To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 22 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
Previous to the rect of Your orders through Colo. Tilghman I had sent Colos. Butler and parker with an Escort of 12 D[r]agoons To the Neighbourhood of Frogs point, with orders To take every possable Means in their power To git the Very best Intelegence from thence, I mentioned to them, giting some inhabitant Who they Could confide in. I also desierd them to Make enquiery whether there was any...
103To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 18 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have reconsider’d the several Questions your Excellency propos’d last evening, and am of Opinion that we ought by no means to risque a General Action—I don’t think it would be proper to move this Army, or any part of it, from this strong ground untill the Route of the Enemy is certainly ascertain’d. I have not the most distant Idea of having it in our power to annoy the Enemy on their March...
104To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 14 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
As Genl Weedon and I have consulted together with regard to the Arrangement of the Army &c., I would not wish to trouble Your Excellency with reading over the same thing a second time—I approve of every thing he has wrote on that head and refer you to his letter, with this addition, That our light Corps be augmented to at least, One thousand men, Half of which should be Riflemen and the other...
105To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 4 December 1777 (Washington Papers)
I recd Your Excellencys letter of Yesterday. I well remember the proposition made. I then thaught there was a probability of Success in Such an attempt, but after Your Excellency returnd from Reconoitring the Enemy’s Lines and hearing Your oppinion with regard To their Strength, I lost every Idea of a Winters Campaign. I must confess I never Promised my self any Certainty of Success In it. But...
106To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 1 December 1777 (Washington Papers)
After Considering Maturly the matter Proposd Yesterday with reguard to the Quartering the Troops for this winter, I have at Length thaught that Wilmington and its Neighbouring Villages the Most Elligable. I would not wish to Trouble Your Excelleny with my Reasons as it was So very Fully Spoke upon Yesterday. I am Your Excellencys Obt Servt ALS , DLC:GW ; Varick transcript , DLC:GW . GW had...
107To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 25 November 1777 (Washington Papers)
I am for making an attack, So soon as things Can be put in readiness. as to the plan I can Think of none better than that proposd by Genl Cadwalader, with this alteration, that the partie proposd to land in the City be detached from Genl Green and not taken from this armey. I Have two reasons for this, the one is that those Men with him are the Flower of the armey and That it will requier, the...
108To George Washington from Brig. Gen. Charles Scott, 30 June 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Brig. Gen. Charles Scott, 30 June 1777. GW’s letter to John Hancock of 1 July 1777 says that after the British army’s evacuation of Perth Amboy, N.J., on the previous day, Scott entered the town and then “withdrew his Brigade & halted about Four Miles from thence. . . . He wrote me, he should return this Morning.”