61To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 21 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive enclosed, three Acts of Congress. No. 1 of the 16th Instant relative to granting Furloughs & Discharges &c. No. 2 of the 10th containing Regulations for the Department of the Clothier General, also an Order to the Board of War respecting the medical Department and Resolve relative to the Canadians in Col. Hazens Regiment. No. 3 abolishing the Department of...
62To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 16 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive herewith enclosed, the Copy of an Act of Congress of the 10th Instant, respecting the Canadian Famalies residing in the State of New York; their Protection and future Support. Also the Copy of an Act of Congress of the 14th Instant, by which you will be informed of the Measures Congress have adopted respecting Colls Armand’s & Lee’s Corps, and the several other...
63To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 18 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will be informed by the enclosed Copy of an Act of Congress of the 17th Instant that Doctor John Cockran is elected Director General in the room of Doctor Shippen resigned, That Mr John Pierce is elected Paymaster, and also that some Alterations are made in the late Plan for conducting the Hospital Department. I have the Honor to be with the highest respect your Excellency’s...
64To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 20 May 1780 (Washington Papers)
This will be delivered by the Marquis de la Fayette. By the Acts of Congress herewith enclosed of the 31st Jany 16th & 20th Instant your Excellency will be informed of the Measures adopted by Congress, and the Powers with which you are invested for co operating with the Forces of our Ally in Case they arrive. Further Powers and Instructions are also given to the Committee at Head Quarters to...
65To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 21 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
Since my Letters of yesterday addressed to your Excellency were forwarded by Express, Despatches from Genl Greene are come to hand, Copies of which are enclosed No. 1 & 2. The Intelligence they contain is of such a Nature that it is deemed expedient to give your Excellency the earliest Information of it. From the Tenor of General Greene’s Letter I am lead to believe, that the Troops landed at...
66To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 10 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have the honour to transmit your Excellency copies of two letters from Genl Lincoln of the 22d Ulto which will give you the disagreeable intelligence of the failure of the expedition against Savannah with the Causes and Circumstances attending the Expedition and failure. As Major Clarkson who Came Express with this intelligence had an Opportunity, from his situation of remarking many...
67To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 16 September 1780 (Washington Papers)
By the two Acts of Congress of the 15. Instant herewith enclosed, your Excellency will be informed that the late Brigadier General Smallwood is appointed a Major General in the Continental Army, & Mr Abraham Skinner Commissary General of Prisoners. As also the Measures Congress have adopted to supply the Army with Beef. Expresses are sent off to all the distant States, urging in the strongest...
68To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 22 February 1780 (Washington Papers)
By a Gentleman just arrived from the Havannah who left that place the 31st of Decemr, I am informed that a Fleet lay in that Port ready to sail with between three and four thousand Troops supposed to be destined for Pensacola or Augustine. That on their Passage to this Port they fell in on the 7th of January with the fleet that sailed from New York in Decemr as they suppose, some fifty leagues...
69To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 20 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive inclosed, Copies of four Acts of Congress, viz. one of the 10th Instant with the Memorial of Udney Hay to which it relates; one of the 14th and two of the 15th for your Information. I have the Honor to be with very high Regard Your Excellency’s most obedient & most humble Servant DLC : Papers of George Washington. To the Honourable the Continental Congress of the...
70To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 14 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
By the enclosd Copy of an Act of Congress of the 13th instant, your Excellency will be informed of the promotion of Col. Morgan to the rank of Brigadier. From the representations respecting the Situation & Cir[c]umstances of affairs to the Southward this measure was thought in a degree indispensible I hope it may be attended with happy Consequences. The enclosd Copies of dispateches from Govr...
71To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 15 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive enclosed an Act of Congress of the 12th Instant, containing Instructions to the Committee at Head Quarters respecting the Issues of Forage and Provisions. Also another Act of the 14th Instant relating to Genl Gates his Command in the southern Department. The last Evening Colo. Ternant arrived with Despatches from Genl Lincoln containing a particular Account of the...
72To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 15 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will be informed by the Act of Congress of this Day herewith enclosed, they have been pleased to appoint Colo. Joseph Ward Commissary General of Prisoners in the room of Colo. Beaty resigned. I have the honor to be with the highest respect your Excelly’s most obt hbble servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DNA:PCC , item 14. The enclosed extract from the minutes of Congress for this date...
73To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 9 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to the request of General Gates I transmit your Excellency the enclosed Papers No. 1, 2, 3 & 4 this Day received. I have the Honor to be with the highest respect your Excellency’s obedient humble servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DNA:PCC , item 15. GW acknowledged this letter when he wrote Huntington on 15 October . The enclosure docketed “No. 1,” from Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates to Huntington...
74To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 14 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
Enclosed your Excellency will receive a Recommendation of Congress to the several States to set apart Wednesday the 26th of April next as a Day of fasting, Humiliation and Prayer. With the highest Esteem & respect I have the honour to be your Excy’s most obt & hble servt LS , DLC:GW ; copy, DNA:PCC , item 14. Huntington enclosed a proclamation that Congress adopted on 11 March: “It having...
75To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 19 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honour to transmit your Excellency the enclosed Intelligence No. 1 & No. 2 this Moment received from Charles Town South Carolina. And have the honour to be with the highest respect your Excellency’s hble servt LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DNA:PCC , item 14. This enclosure was an extract from Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln’s letter to Huntington written at Charleston, S.C., on 22 Feb.: “Since...
76To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 14 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive enclosed, a resolve of Congress of the 13th Instant, relative to the Mode adopted to pay the new Levies, recommending it to the several States to make Payment. And also directing the future Application of Claimants for Settlement of Accounts, for Payment of liquidated Accounts, for Rank, Discharges, Losses &c., or for resignation. The former Part of this resolve...
77To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 5 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive herewith enclosed two Acts of Congress of this Day. By the one you will be informed that Colonel Pickering is appointed Quarter Master General. The other respects the Southern Department. You will please to observe it is the Sense of Congress that the Land and naval Forces, as well of his most Christian Majesty, as of these United States, or such Part thereof as...
78To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 25 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am now to lay before your Excellency an Act of Congress of the 21st Instant by which you will be informed of the further Measures they have taken to obtain the necessary Information from Time to Time how far they may rely upon the several States for furnishing their several Quotas of Men, Money & Provisions called for by Congress or their Committee at Head Quarters. Your Excellency will also...
79To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 20 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
By various Accounts from the West Indies it seems to be beyond a Doubt that some twelve Ships of the Line, seven Frigates and, a Number of Transports with Land Forces some Accounts say 10.000 from France are arrived at Martinique. I have the honour to transmit your Excellency the Extract of a Letter enclosed which was intercepted by an American Cruizer to the Southward. The Plan adopted by the...
80To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 5 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
I am favourd with the receipt of your Excellencies favours of the 29th & 30th ultimo. In conseqence of the latter Congress have directed the North-Carolina Troops to halt at Trenton until further Orders. You will receive enclosd the Act of Congress of the 4th Instant and Copy of the Orders to Col. Clarke on that Subject. I have the honour to be with the highest Sentiments of Esteem & regard...
81To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 10 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
My Health is so much impaired by long Confinement & Application as compels me to retire from Congress. I have the Pleasure to inform your Excellency they have elected his Excellency Thomas McKean Esqr. to be their President. It also gives me much Satisfaction on retiring, to see our public Affairs in many Respects wear a more promising Aspect than heretofore. The Enemy at present in every Part...
82To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 14 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s Letters of the 24th & 31st Ulto the 3d & 4th Instant, with the Despatches to which they refer have been received. You will observe by the enclosed Resolve it is the Pleasure of Congress that you employ an additional confidential Secretary, and as many Writers as you shall judge proper to arrange & register the public Letters &c.; and assign them such Salaries as you shall...
83To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 2 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
By the enclosed Order of Congress of the 29th Ulto, I am directed to lay before your Excellency the Letter of the 9th Ulto signed A. Fowler &c with the other Papers referred to, which are herewith enclosed. Col. Broadhead is now in this City. The Complaints of the Inhabitants in the Vicinity of Pittsburgh respecting his Conduct are very great, and his with Respect to them are not small. It...
84To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 6 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
I am requested by the Delegates from Pennsylvania to transmit your Excellency the Papers inclosed, containing Petitions, Complaints &c. against Colonel Broadhead—I have the Honor to be with the highest Respect Your Excellency’s Most obedient & most humble Servant DLC : Papers of George Washington. To his Excellency The President and Supreme executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania. The...
85To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 27 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 24th Instant was duly received and laid before Congress. After the most mature deliberation, Congress from a full conviction of your knowledge of the subject, and that the honour and interest of the United States in the matter of negotiating and settling a Cartel may safely be trusted in your hands, have passed the enclosed resolves, and committed the whole to your prudence...
86To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 2 March 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s Letter of the 26th Instant came to hand last Evening. Baron Steuben’s Letter, which you mention as referred to in Governor Jefferson’s Letter, by some Mistake of the Governors Secretary, was not enclosed in his Despatches to me and has never come to Hand. This I ought to have noted on the Copy of the Governor’s Letter transmitted to your Excellency. The Detachment under the...
87To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 1 February 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am honour’d with your Excellency’s favours of the 26, 27, & 29. ulto which have been laid before Congress. Enclosed you will receive an act of Congress of the 31. ulto (a Copy of which is transmitted to Governor Livingston)— Expressing the high sense they entertain of the attachment and Zeal of the Magistrates and Inhabitants of the State of New Jersey int the Common Cause and their ready...
88To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 25 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive herewith enclos’d an Act of Congress of the 20th Instant together with two other Acts of the 14th & 17th of Decemr to which the former refers. These Acts are calculated with a Design to r⟨e⟩tren⟨ch⟩ Expences in the several staff Departments and promot⟨e⟩ as much as possible œconomy therein. From a variety of Accounts there seems but too much reason to believe that...
89To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 14 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with your Excellency’s favours of the 7th & 9th Instant with their Several enclosures. By the Act of Congress of this day herewith enclosd you will receive their Thanks for directing the important Expedition which hath been so Effectually executed by Genl Sullivan & the Brave Officers & Soldiers under his Command. Be assured Sir it is with pleasure I have the honour of...
90To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 25 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s Letter of the 17th Instant with its Enclosures were received last Evening; and I have now the Honor of forwarding the enclosed Despatches from Genl Greene & Copy of a Letter from Governor Jefferson, which contain the latest Intelligence from the Southward. The Intelligence is interesting & Situation of Affairs critical. It is however to be hoped that the Spirit of the...