1From George Washington to Colonel Adam Stephen, 20 July 1776 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 4th Instt came duly to hand. I thank you for yr kind congratulations on the discovery of the vile Machinations of still viler Ministerial Agents. I hope the untimely fruit of their Intentions will in the end recoil upon their own heads—all the measures heretofore projected, has done so I think, except in Canada, where an unaccountable kind of fatality seems to have attended...
2From George Washington to Brig. Gen. Adam Stephen, 8 November 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Brig. Gen. Adam Stephen, 8 Nov. 1776. In a letter to GW of 9 Nov., Nathanael Greene writes: “Your Excellency letters of the 8 this moment came to hand—I shall forward the letter to General Stevens by Express” (see also GW to Greene, this date ).
3Orders to Brigadier Generals Lord Stirling, Hugh Mercer, Adam Stephen, and La Rochefermoy, 12 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
The General desires that Brigadiers Lord Sterling, Mercer, Stephen & de Fermoy do, respectively, Quarter their Brigades in Houses or Hutts as compactly as possibly, that they may be soon form’d, and ready for action at the shortest notice of the approach of the Enemy. Each Brigadier is to take care of his own Front, and keep strong Guards at all the convenient passing places—the intermediate...
4From George Washington to Brigadier Generals James Ewing, Hugh Mercer, Adam Stephen, and Lord Stirling, 14 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
Lest the Enemy should in some degree avail themselves of the Knowledge (for I do not doubt but that they are well informed of every thing we do) I did not care to be so particular in the General orders of this day, as I mean to be in this Letter to You. As mutch Tim⟨e⟩ then would be lost (in Case the Enemy should a⟨ttem⟩pt crossing the River at any pass within your ⟨guard of⟩ it) in first...
5Orders to Brigadier General Adam Stephen, 13 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
Inspect minutely into the State of the five Virginia Regiments now in the Jerseys—retain as many Officers as are necessary for the Men. send (if there are not already a sufficiency) enough to collect, and take care of those at the different hospitals—& otherwise stragled—and let the rest be sent to Virginia in order to Recruit for, and compleat their respective Regiments agreeable to the...
6From George Washington to Major General Adam Stephen, 20 April 1777 (Washington Papers)
The horseman delivered your favour of this date—You will be pleased to order Lieut. Bradford under Arrest, that he may answer the Charge of the Court of Inquiry immediately—Capt. Russell must be called upon to account for his long Absence from his Regimt as well as for having inlisted his Men but for a year —I lament Capt. Conway’s loss; but tho’ my Indignation at such ungenerous Conduct of...
7From George Washington to Major General Adam Stephen, 26 April 1777 (Washington Papers)
I received your favour of this date from Westfield. It ever was against my inclination for an Officer to attempt any thing against the Enemy without the Knowledge & Consent of the Officer immediately commanding him; I wish therefore that you will endeavour to prevent the practice by which Capt. Flahen is missing, nor ever permit another to attempt a similar Affair without bringing him to...
8From George Washington to Major General Adam Stephen, 12 May 1777 (Washington Papers)
Your account of the attempt upon the Enemy at Piscataway is favourable, but I am sorry to add, widely different from those I have had from others, (officers of distinction) who were of the party. I cannot by them learn, that there is the least certainty of the Enemy’s leaving half the slain upon the Field, you speak of in your letter of this date; that instead of an orderly retreat, it was...
9From George Washington to Major General Adam Stephen, 17 May 1777 (Washington Papers)
Yours with the plan for the attack upon Bergen is this moment come to hand. I see many difficulties to prevent the matters being carried effectually into execution. The first and principal one is, the known disaffection of the Country, which is such, that the instant such a Body as one thousand Men began to assemble, the Enemy would have notice of it, and the consequence would be, that were...
10From George Washington to Major General Adam Stephen, 19 May 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have receiv’d your favor of this date & still continue to think that an Attack upon the Tory Regimts in their present Situation would by no means answer your expectation. I have order’d Genl Heard (who will soon be reinforced to a considerable Number) to advance towards Hackensack with all his Men, except those necessary for the Works at Pumpton & there act in what ever manner he finds most...