1From George Washington to Major William Goodrich, 19 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
You are hereby authorized & required to engage as many of the Stockbridge & Scatacoke tribes of Indians as you can; and with a few good woodsmen if to be had join the Army under the command of Majr General Sullivan. These men are to have not more than private Soldiers pay unless you should find it necessary to distinguish the chief of each tribe by some little pecuniary, or other...
2To George Washington from William Goodrich, 30 June 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Goodrich, 30 June 1779. GW wrote Goodrich on 4 July: “I have received Your Letter of the 30th Ulto.”
3From George Washington to Major William Goodrich, 4 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have received Your Letter of the 30th Ulto. I could not give the party, which was intended to be raised and to march under your command, greater pay or any other terms than what I mentioned. As the matter has been deferred so long, I don’t know, even if the party could be engaged on those terms, that it would answer all the valuable purposes which were at first in view. With respect to the...
4To George Washington from William Goodrich, 14 August 1781 (Washington Papers)
Would Make Bold to trouble your Exellency With a line Just to acquaint your Exelleny that there is a Considerable Number of old officers and other Gentlemen in the County of Berkshire would be happy to Serve your Excelleny as Vollentears for a month or more if needed A Singel Line from our Commander in Cheff approving of the purposed Would be a Sufficient Annemation for a Nomber to join body...
5From George Washington to William Goodrich, 2 September 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have received your Letter in Behalf of yourself & sundry other Gentlemen of Berkshire, makg Tender of your Services with me as Volunteers for a Month—I most sincerely Thank you for the kind offer—& inform you that the Circumstance of the Campaign at present are such as will not probably require your Services—Unless Genl Heath, who comands the Troops in the Vicinity of N. York, should find...