1To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 31 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
An affair has happen’d in this State in which I must beg your kind assistance. A Flag Brig. that came from South Carolina with American prisoners lay at Hampton with a Sloop belonging to Suffolk bound up the Bay. In the night after the Sloops arrival, she was carried off by five men, and there is every reason to suppose that they belong’d to the Brig., as Hart the Captain, acknowledged he had...
2To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 31 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
Give me leave my Dear Sir to congratulate you on the establishment of our independence and the glorious conclusion of the war, the great share you have had in bringing us to this happy period, calls forth the grateful returns of your Countrymen in particular, and of every honest American. Providence hath also its share in the work, having done more for us on many occasions than we had a right...
3To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 1 August 1782 (Washington Papers)
I receiv’d your Excellencys favors of the 22d and 23d Ulto by post. General Lincoln had given orders for the destruction of all the works at York Town without even writing to me on the subject and they would most certainly have been demolish’d before your letter got to hand (leaving it with the State) if Colo. Lavalette had not been more complaisant than the General. I have desired that the...
4To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 23 November 1782 (Washington Papers)
I am sorry to be under the Necessity of troubling you again with a Letter to Sir Guy Carleton your goodness I am sure will excuse it as there is no other proper Way of transacting the Business, I leave the Letter open for your Information, and request the favor of you when it is entirely convenient to send a proper person to receive the Money. £262.16.0 is to be remitted to Mr Samuel Ingles of...
5To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 4 January 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your favor by Mr Mathews come safe to hand and was immediately sent down to the Assembly, what they will do to complete their Quota of troops I cannot say, tho’ I am extremely unhappy least they should not be able to fall on effectual means of doing it, the deranged state of our finances and the total want of hard money is a bar to every salutary measure that can be thought of for the common...
6To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 25 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
In June 1780 a party of British Troops and Nothern Indian made an incursion into Kentuckey and carried of between three and four Hundred people to detroit and its neighbourhood, where I am inform’d the Men are at present detain’d, and many of the poor Women separated from their Husbands and given to the Indians who use them as Slaves this piece of Cruelty calls for redress, and I know of no...
7To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 23 March 1782 (Washington Papers)
It gives me great pleasure to find that measures are taking to put the Continental Staff Departments in this State on a proper footing as they really are so distressed that very little Service can be expected from any of them and the State is at this time too poor to give them the least assistance—I am much obliged to you for the cloathing you propose sending on, and think they will be a means...
8To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 31 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I was in hopes General Chatileause would have furnished you with the quantity and price of his Claret that was carried off from Hampton road that the disagreeable correspondence entered into with Sir Guy Carleton on that Subject might have been closed. As he has not done it and I know the Count expects payment and looks to me to procure it I am under the necessity of renewing it and again...
9To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 23 June 1782 (Washington Papers)
I should long since have acknowledged the rect of several of your favors, if any thing worthy of notice had occur’d, but that not being the case, and my situation being precisely the same as when I wrote last, I would not call your attention for a moment from your business to a letter which, at best could contain nothing more than a compliment. The Assembly has been long sitting, some things...
10To George Washington from Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 24 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor of your favor of the 8th Instant which was immediately laid before the Assembly, who seem to have every disposition to serve the common cause, and I am happy to have it in my power to say that, that body, has not been composed of more respectable characters for many years. I perfectly coincede with you in opinion that, the present Ministry will not be more favorably inclined...