1From George Washington to Jonathan Dayton, 11 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
Passports having been granted by me for Genl Losberg to send out of N. York One Q. Master & two Noncommissioned Officers havg charge of Money Cloathg & medicine for the Use of the Hessian prisoners in Phila.—You will receive them at the post of Elizabeth Town, & suffer them to pass on by the nearest Rout to philadelphia, agreable to the Tenor & strict Expression of their Permission, which they...
2From George Washington to Jonathan Dayton, 21 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have received your Letter of the 18th by Mr Skinner, from whom I have also learnt that a flag which lately arrived with Prisoners from New York, has been detained in conformity to my Orders on that subject, until further directions should be received; in which you have acted very properly. But you will on the receipt of this, suffer the flag to return, informing the Officer that no more...
3From George Washington to Jonathan Dayton, 27 April 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have received your Letter without Date with a packet from Sir Hy Clinton. You do not inform the Channel thro which you have obtained the important Intelligence you mention—but from the positive Manner in which you transmit it, I hope it may be depended on. It has been rumoured to me that a large Fleet has lately been seen near the Hook—but who they are or from whence they arrive is not...