1From George Washington to Colonel James Livingston or Officer Commanding at Kings Ferry, N.Y., 30 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
Lieutenant Meydenger will deliver Mr Joshua smith into your custody. You will immediately send him by Water from King’s Ferry to General Heath at West point, under charge of an Officer with a proper Guard. You will likewise forward all the dispatches which Lt Meydenger will deliver you. I am Sir Yr most obt. Df , in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW ; Varick transcript , DLC:GW . Lt. John Jacob...
2From George Washington to Colonel James Livingston, 31 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
You will be pleased upon the Receipt hereof to march with your Regt by the way of Kings ferry and join the Army, which will probably be down towards Kings Bridge. Upon your arrival at the Ferry you will send as much of the Baggage of your Regt as you can possibly spare up to West point, to which the Baggage of the rest of the Army is sent, under the care of one good non Commd Officer only....
3To George Washington from Colonel James Livingston, 3 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to your Excellency’s Orders I have sent a Detachment to Ring-Wood to guard the Stores there, under Command of Capt. Johnson of Clintons Brigade. Lieut. Welp of my Regt was tried some time ago by a Genl Court Martial, shou’d be glad to know the Result thereof as soon as Convenient. My Major has been under an Arrest for some time and cou’d wish he might be brought to trial as soon as...
4To George Washington from Colonel James Livingston, 26 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to lay before your Excellency the Situation of the Officers of my Regiment relative to their Rank in the Line The 20th Novr 1775 I was appointed to the Command of a Regt in Canada, by the Honble Brigd. Genl Montgomery: In Consequence of which, And agreeable to my Instructions from the Genl, I issued recruiting Orders to several Officers, and gave them Warrants, which was the...
5George Washington to Colonel James Livingston, 29 July 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
West Point, July 29, 1779. Discusses cause of uneasiness among Livingston’s troops. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Livingston was a colonel of the First Canadian Regiment.
6From George Washington to Colonel James Livingston, 29 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
I duly received your letter of the 25th of June which hurry of business has prevented my acknowleging sooner: Your Pay Master will have informed you of the reasons that prevented a settlement of your recruiting accounts. I am sorry for the uneasiness and desertion which you mention to have taken place in your regiment, on account of the superior advantages possessed by other troops; but as to...
7To George Washington from Col. James Livingston, 25 June 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Col. James Livingston, 25 June 1779. GW wrote Livingston on 29 July: “I duly received your letter of the 25th of June which hurry of business has prevented my acknowleging sooner.”
8To George Washington from Colonel James Livingston, 3 April 1777 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed you have a Copy of a Resolve respecting my raising a Regiment in the United States, by which your Excellency will perceive the Commander in Chief in this Department, was to recommend proper Officers under me to Congress—The List of Officers was accordingly made out and sent to Congress by General Schuyler the 18t. of Decr last, & in Consequence of which, I got Orders to recruit, and...
9From George Washington to James Livingston, 8 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
Yesterday honored me with yr two favs. of the 22d & 25th Ult. —Had the Success that was reasonably expected from the Expedition undertaken by Genl Heath attended our Arms, I had flattering hopes of congratulating my Country on the happy Event of circumscribg her unnatural Foe within very narrow limits, and fair prospect of retardg their early Operations in the next Campain ’till We were...
10To George Washington from James Livingston, 14 June 1757 (Washington Papers)
I am desird by Capt. Dagworthy to accquaint you that their is a great body of the Enemy one their way too these frontiers where they intend is not Certain the Intellegince Comes from 6 of Capt. Spotswoods party that arrivd hear about 3 oClock this afternon, Says Capt. Spotswood left them 10 days ago these 6 Seprated themselfs from the Rest and went to Fort De Quisnie where they Stay’d Some...