1To George Washington from a Board of General Officers, 19 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Board of General Officers took into Consideration your Excellency’s Question, respecting the German Battalion, and Colonel Hazen’s Regiments: Are of Opinion; “That from the peculiar establishment of the German Battalion and Colonel Hazen’s Regiments, they had better rise Regimentally.[”] Also your Excellencys Question “concerning the Sixteen additional Battalions[”]: They are of opinion...
2To George Washington from Major General Philemon Dickinson, 19 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
From the latest accounts I have received, I cannot find there has been any movements of the Enemy, upon Staten Island; and this Day I recieved the inclosed Letter from Gen: Forman, which I thought proper to send your Excellency. A few Days ago, I saw Mr Douglass, being the Person, whom I mentioned in my last letter to your Excellency, that made his escape from N. York, he say’s, that Gen:...
3To George Washington from the Maryland Delegates, 19 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
We are just now honoured with your Letter respecting the Arrest of Lieut. McNaire of the Artillery and shall immediately enclose it to Governor Johnson to take such Measures on the Subject as the Law will warrant him: We wish the Artillery Corps and the 16th Regiments had been apportioned on the States that our State knowing its Proportion might have pursued the Same Means for raising it as it...
4To George Washington from Richard Peters, 19 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
There are about 80 Men with Officers for three Troops of Horse of thirty Men each now at Philadelphia. They came from North Carolina with General Nash’s Brigade & have been here for a considerable Time their Horses being sold as they were unfit for Service & the Board were so embarrass’d with the high Price of Horses & other Necessaries for sending them into the Field that they had determined...
5To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 19 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor to congratulate your Excellency on a signal Victory obtained by General Stark over a Detachment of about 1500 of the Enemy near Bennington on the 16th Instant, an Account whereof I have this Moment received in a Letter from General Lincoln of which the following is a Copy—“Bennington August 18th 1777. Dear General The late signal Success of a Body of about 2000 Troops mostly...