1George Washington to John Jay, 16 August 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
West Point, August 16, 1779. States that England’s rejection of the Spanish offer of mediation “is more strongly tinctured with insanity than any thing she has done in the course of the contest, unless she be sure of very powerful aid from some of the Northern states.” Encloses a letter from Brigadier General Anthony Wayne concerning some of Wayne’s officers. Df , in writing of H, George...
2To Benjamin Franklin from the Abbé Thomas du Rouzeau, [16 August 1779] (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society Extraordinairement convoqué ce jourdhuy 16. du Courant a arreté 1º. que Le Venerable F franklin Lui ayant fait present de Son Buste, L’inauguration S’en fera dans Son assemblée academique du Dix huit. 2º. que Comme cette Ceremonie ne Sauroit être trop Solemnelle il est de La dignité de L.L. que Chacun de Ses Membres y Vienne et y Contribue. 3º. que Le prix...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Tabor, 16 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I beg pardon for troubling your Excy. with the inclos’d but the loss of my valud friend the Revd. Mr Sowden of this place has obligd me for this time at least to take this liberty which is the only & the best apology I can make for it, to convince you that no disagreable correspondence subsists between Mr Gordon & myself. I send the Lr. unseald for your...
4To Benjamin Franklin from John Welsh, 16 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I presumed that my late partnership of Duff & Welsh has been known to you, as it has been for 16 years to most of the trading places on that Continent, it is now dissolved by the present change in publick affairs, as James Duff has retired home via Lisbon above a month ago, by wch means the liquidation of their accounts & business will be carried on hence...
5General Orders, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
6From George Washington to the Board of War, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
I am favd with yours of the 6th inclosing the instructions of the Board to the different Commissaries of Hides. The directions appear to me to be judiciously drawn and fully adequate to the purpose, and I doubt not, if they are strictly attended to, but that a sufficient quantity of Shoes for the Army, and leather for other uses will be procured—Mr Garanger is exceedingly impatient to know...
7To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
Since my recovery from my late Indisposition so far as to attend to any Business, I have been looking over the Papers relating to my late Office of Commy Genl of Prisoners, and among them I find the report of my transactions at German Town just before and at the time of the Enemies evacuating of Philadelphia, which was designed for your Excy, but prevented from being sent by my sudden illness....
8To George Washington from Vachel Burgess, 16 Aug. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Vachel Burgess, 16 Aug. 1779. On 16 Aug., GW wrote Burgess: “I received Your Letter of this date.”
9From George Washington to Lieutenant Vachel Burgess, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received Your Letter of this date and am ⟨exceedingly⟩ sorry to find, that no arrangement that can be made whatever pains may be taken to effect it, can give general satisfaction. I wish you to consider the nature of your application—An Officer should not leave the service at least ⟨not⟩ at this time without the most powerful and cogent reasons. I do not know the Gentleman of whose promotion...
10From George Washington to John Cochran, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have asked Mrs Cockran & Mrs Livingston to dine with me to morrow; but ought I not to apprize them of their fare? As I hate deception, even where the imagination only is concerned—I will. It is needless to premise that my table is large enough to hold the ladies—of this they had occular proof yesterday—To say how it is usually covered is rather more essential, & this, shall be the purport of...