91To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 22 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor this moment to receive your Orders for augmenting the Detachment designed for your Aid—Genl Mifflin, Clinton & myself an Hour or Two Ago had determined upon the same Plan, and think our Selves happy in having the same order’d by your Excellency—The Detachment shall be got ready with all Expedition, & Officer’d with the best Officers which we have, Genl Mifflin will command...
92To George Washington from Brigadier General William Heath, 3 March 1776 (Washington Papers)
I Visited the Guards on Yesterday, found them in Good Order, Ordered Grand Rounds to begin their Round at Eleven, Visiting Rounds at Three and Patroles between each Relief, Officers of the Day Report, That in the Night, they found the Guards Vigilant, & Sentinels remarkably Alert. At Five this morning I visited the Guards at Lechmeres point, found them in the Works reinforced with five...
93To George Washington from Brigadier General William Heath, 13 February 1776 (Washington Papers)
Camp at Cambridge, 13 February 1776. Recommends the Rev. Jacob Foster as chaplain of the 7th and 18th regiments. ALS , DLC:GW . This letter is appended to a letter of 9 Feb. from the field officers of the two regiments indicating their choice of Foster as their chaplain. Col. William Prescott commanded the 7th Continental Regiment, and Col. Edmund Phinney commanded the 18th Continental...
94To George Washington from William Heath, 4 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have now the honor to enclose your Excellency, coppy of the proceedings of the Convention, who met at Providence the 26th ulto—The mode adopted for forwarding the Supplies of Fresh Beef during the Campaign, I hope is reduced to a System which will be effectual in its operation, and such as will meet your approbation, The States are takeing measures to ensure a seasonable purchase of the...
95To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 2 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am this moment honored with a letter from his Excellency Governor Clinton, in which are the two following paragraphs. the first of them is expressive of what I apprehended would be the case: “I shall be happy in rendering you every assistance in my power in the execution of your important command; but believe me Sir, the distresses of this State are Such that unless those who have...
96To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 6 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
Since I had the honor of seeing your Excellency yesterday, I have assembled the Commanding Officers of regiments, and advised with them on the subject of the mutiny in the Pensylvania Line, and a proper communication of it to the Troops here. I also wrote General Parsons on the occassion. I am happy to find that nothing at present is to be apprehended from any of the Troops in this Quarter on...
97To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 24 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
The State of the river, and of the roads forbid me the honor of waiting on you at New windsor. ever Since I had the honor of Seeing your Excellency here I have been impatiently waiting to hear from the Troops below, but have not receivd a Syllable. A Brisk Firing was heard on Sunday morning, and again this morning, The roads are so exceedingly bad, that Intelligence can not be expected so...
98To George Washington from William Heath, 8 Sept. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Heath, 8 Sept. 1779. On 8 Sept., GW wrote Heath: “I have just now received yours of this date.”
99To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 12 June 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have just received the honor of yours of the 1st Instant. A privateer Schooner arrived here the last Night from a Cruize. She has taken two prises, one laden with Coal, the other with Oats &c.—The privateer fell in with a Fleet of Transports with the Hessian Troops on Board under Convoy of a 50 Gun Ship & Frigate from whome he received considerable damage —The Capt. of the privateer reports...
100To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 29 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
We remain nearly in the same situation here as when I had the honor last to write you. The militia have been coming in, but few are yet collected. I was in hopes that they might have been Stoped this morning, to which General Counte de Rochambeau had just consented, when I received a Letter from Governor Trumbull of the 27th in which he observes, “The following intelligence, I have in a Letter...