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I have just now, received your favor of the 23d instant. It gives me pain to find a Request from you, which I am unable to gratify. But my Duty obliges me to inform you, that the Request is of such a Nature, as I have never complied with, in any one Instance; nor do I think, that, while under our present Circumstances, it will ever permit me to grant a similar one. If the Introduction of...
My Brother Mr Ezekiel Forman and his Wife have obtained permission from the States of Maryland, Pensylvania & New Jersey to go into New York for the purpose of endevouring to make a sittlement with Hugh Wallace of that place respecting a large sum of Money in his Mr Wallaces hands as Executor to the estate of John Neilson Unkle to the pesent Mrs Forman—The testator dyed in the infancy of Mrs...
Your favors of the 21st Septemr and 24th and 26 October came regularly to hand—as they only contain intelligence of the movements of the enemy’s Fleet, and required no particular answer, I did not think it worth while to give the Chain of Expresses the trouble of riding the whole way back to you. Your letter of the 26th of Sept ember , directed by favor of Count de Breuille, never reached my...
from the dificulty the Quarter Master at Morris Town informs me he finds in forwarding letters to Your Excly through the scarcity of Money has induced me to defer informing your Excly of the arrival of the southern fleete, presuming your Excly would probably receive more certain Accts from New York and with in a few days as soone. Enclosed Your Excly has the diaries as kept on the Highlands of...
This afternoon I have Accts from New York Informing me of the Arrivals of a Pacquet on Monday last and that the same Evening a small Vessell was sent off to Charles Town and on Tuesday Morning a second was dispatched to the same place as is said, and belived to countermand the Evacuation of that post—private letters by the Pacquet say that an active War is again expected to take place—as I...
On Sunday 20th five ships of the line came down to the usual Anchoring ground within Sandy Hook and have been Comeing down every day since-- This afternoon there whole number down is 14 ships of the line, five frigates, three large transport Ships four Brigs. & five Sloops and Schooners—Andmirals Pigots & Greaves Ships are down—What is reather Unusual most of the Ships of War and Transports...
I had the Honr of Informing Your Excly that a fleete of empty Transports for Charles Town had falin down and that thirty four had actually gone without Sandy Hook while others were coming down from New York—That the coming on of Evening prevented further observation—The fact is the whole fleete sailed the same Night with the Wind fresh at North a little Easterly—The day following no appearance...
Allthough I have had Accts from N.Y. several times since I had the Honour of Writing to your Excly I did not think any of them of Importance to Warnt the Expence of forwarding—This Morning I have Accts from and I think may engage Your Excly full confidence that Sixty Transports most of them very large were all prepared to sail for Charles Town under the Convoy of four Frigates, for the purpose...
I have to acknowlege the Receipt of your two last Favors of the 3d & 7th instant—the last came to Hand about after 10 oClock this morng. I have only to request your watchfull attention to the movements of the fleet—and also your Endeavours to obtain any particular account from N. York since the arrival of the last Packet from England, that may fall within your power. I am sir Your most humble...
I had the Honr to receive your Excly favr of the third Inst. yesterday—and am Exceedingly oblig’d by the notice your Excly has taken of my request relative to the unfortunate Capt. Huddy. Tewsday Evening 3d of Sepr I had the Honour of communicateing to your Excly the Arrival of a Fleete on this Coast &c. Immediately on forwarding the letter to Morris Town I mounted My Horse and that Night rode...