11To George Washington from Lord Howe, 17 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Letter I received from You of the 13th Instant, is in Matter and Expression so different from the liberal turn of Sentiment I had been habituated to expect on every occasion of personal Intercourse or Correspondence with You, that I scarce know how to believe the Contents and the Name I read at the Bottom, are parts of the same Letter. It surprizes me much that the idle and unnatural...
12To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 17 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
As We could not but feel the deepest concern for the difficulties Your Excellency has had to encounter, it is with the highest pleasure we now Congratulate you upon the happy turn of Affairs, and the signal Success which by the Blessing of Heaven has of late attended Your Arms; Which we think must greatly disconcert the Enemy, and give them an idea of American Bravery very different from what...
13To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 17 January 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Joseph Reed, 17 Jan. 1777. On 19 Jan. GW wrote Reed that “your Letters of the 16 & 17th Inst. are both before me.”
14From George Washington to Major General Joseph Spencer, 17 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
By Accounts just recd by a person who came out of New York a few days and other corroborating Circumstances, it looks as if the Enemy intended to withdraw their force from Rhode Island again, and make a junction of their whole Army, in this province. If this Event should happen, you will probably find an Opportunity of falling upon their rear in their Embarkation, which is an advantage that...
15To George Washington from Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward, 17 January 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward, 17 Jan. 1777. GW wrote to Ward on 20 Feb. to “acknowledge the receipt of yr two favours of the 23d Decr & 17th January.”