1John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 January 1777 (Adams Papers)
We have at last crossed the Delaware, and are agreably lodged in Easton, a little Town, situated on a Point of Land formed by the Delaware on one Side and the River Lehi, on the other. There is an elegant Stone Church here built by the Dutch People, by whom the Town is chiefly inhabited, and what is remarkable because uncommon, the Lutherans and Calvinists united to build this Church, and the...
2To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
I was this morning prepared to Set Out to wait upon Your Excellency; but Mr Morris, Lord Stirling, & General Mifflin, have desired I would remain here to Expedite the March of the Militia daily arriving in this City. As These Gentlemen think I can render the best Service in doing this Duty, I shall continue to execute it until I receive Your Excellencys further Commands. Inclosed is a Letter...
3To George Washington from John Hancock, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
Since my last of the 18th, the Congress have come to the enclosed Resolves, which I do myself the Honour of transmitting for your Information and Direction. They are so explicit as to require no Comment or Illustration. I have wrote, in Obedience to the Order of Congress, to the Council of Safety of this State, to request them to call forth immediately the Militia of the Counties of Cecil,...
4To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have received the honor of your’s of the 19th Instant. In my last I informed your Excellency of our Arrival in the Neighbourhood of Fort Independence, and of our taking a number of Arms —In stead of 15 at one place, we took upwards of 40, & about as many Blankets. I also mention’d in my last our Intention of Attacking the Hessians at the Bridge, the next day—Every praparation was made & the...
5From George Washington to the Commanding Officer in Philadelphia, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
My situation will not admit of the smallest delay in dispatching & forwarding to this place all the Troops in Philada. Let the utmost expedition be used in fitting them out as fast as they arrive, & no time be lost in sending them on under proper Officers. I am Yr most Obedient Humble Ser. LS , in George Johnston’s writing, NHi : Gates Papers. Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates apparently received this...
6General Orders, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
7From George Washington to Brigadier General George Clinton, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
I was favd with yrs of the 21st Inst. on Yesterday. Much depends on our taking the Field early with a powerfull force, by which means Victory over the Enemy in the distressed Situation they must be from the severity of this Campain will be certain, & our Affairs will be on so good a footing before any considerable Reinforcement can come to them, that We shall have but little to dread—I am...
8From George Washington to William Livingston, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
The irregular and disjointed State of the Militia of this province, makes it necessary for me to inform you, that unless a Law is passed by your Legislature to reduce them to some order, and oblige them to turn out in a different Manner from what they have hitherto done, we shall bring very few into the Feild, and even those few, will render little or no Service. Their Officers are generally...
9From George Washington to Robert Ogden, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
You would do me Injustice if you supposed that the Appointt of Colo. Lourey to the post of D. C. Genl proceeded from any other Cause than Necessity—I was retarded from crossing the Delaware two days, & when over, was forced, from the want of a sufficient quanty of Provisions, to permit the Troops to victual themselves where they could, No time therefore was to be lost in removing so great an...
10From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
I received your several favors of the 12th and 14th instant by Lieut. Fellows, to whom I granted a Flag with a letter to General Howe, desiring that his brother Capt. Fellows might be one of the first officers exchanged. I have remonstrated very sharply with General Howe upon his treatment of our prisoners, and I hope it will be attended with good effects—I have repeatedly endeavoured to...
11From George Washington to Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold, 24 January 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold, 24 Jan. 1777. On 7 Feb. Arnold wrote GW that “Your favour of the 24th Ulto I had not the pleasure of receiveing untill the 3d Inst.”
12From George Washington to Brigadier General François de Malmedy, 24 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
Your Favor of 12 Inst. is now before me, & am Oblig’d to you for your kind Congratulations & professions of Service, which I have not the least reason to doubt—I some time ago heard of your Appointment to the Rank of Brigadr General in the State of Rhode Island, & am certain you will do every thing in your power to support the high Character given of you by Genl Lee & to convince those people...
13To George Washington from John Augustine Washington, 24 January 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Augustine Washington, 24 Jan. 1777. In a letter to John Augustine Washington of 24 Feb. 1777 , GW informed his brother that “your Letter of the 24th Ulto from Mount Vernon came duly to hand.”