1. GW addressed two letters to Huntington on 26 Jan. (letter 1; letter 2), and two letters to him on 27 January (letter 1; letter 2). The letter of 29 Jan. apparently is a reference to GW’s letter to Elbridge Gerry of that date. There is no evidence in the journals of Congress that GW’s letter to Gerry was laid before Congress.

2. The enclosed copy of a resolution of Congress, signed by Charles Thomson and dated 31 Jan., reads: “Resolved, That Congress are impressed with a high sense of the attachment and zeal of the magistrates and inhabitants of the State of New Jersey in the common cause and of their ready and effectual exertions in providing and furnishing the army under his excellency the commander in chief with provisions at a time when the difficulty of transportation rendered such exertions absolutely necessary” (DLC:GW; see also JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 16:111). Congress passed this resolution after reading GW’s first letter to Huntington of 27 January.

For Huntington’s letter of this date to New Jersey governor William Livingston, see Smith, Letters of Delegates, description begins Paul H. Smith et al., eds. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789. 26 vols. Washington, D.C., 1976–2000. description ends 14:383.