I Have not till lately obtained a sight of a number of Pamphlets, ascribed indeed to Mr. Galloway but containing the mention of such circumstances, as convince me that they were written in concert between the American Refugees and the British Ministry. In some of them I perceive apparently unequivocal traces of the hand of the late Governor Hutchinson. I have read them with surprize, because...
12James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 14 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of June 13th. reached me this Morning. I will endeavour to write intelligibly in answer;—but, alas! I have already fallen into my old track, and must give a note of explanation before I pro ceed further. N.B. The above underscoring means that I love flattery and a flatterer; nay, more, tho it may seem contradictory to the first part of my nota bene, it means that I love Saucyness...
13From John Adams to Edmund Jenings, 14 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
Have just received yours of the 9th and I thank you. Waynes Agreement is thus explained. Gen. Arnold—Com. Jones, and many other officers of the American Army and Navy, have all along made it a maxim that the whiggish young Gentlemen ought to convert the Tory young Ladies. Accordingly the genteelest Part of the officers of Boston and Philadelphia used to keep up an Acquaintance with several...
14From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 92, 14 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
Paris, 14 July 1780. Dupl , both text and signature in John Thaxter’s hand ( PCC , No. 84, II, f. 181–183). printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States , Washington, 1889; 6 vols. , 3:857. In this letter, read by Congress on 26 Dec., John Adams included reports from The Hague of 9 July indicating that the...
15George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 14 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Bergen County, New Jersey ] July 14, 1780 . Directs Greene to send George Olney to New London to receive clothing, arms, and ammunition expected from France. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
16George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 14 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Bergen County [ New Jersey ] July 14, 1780 . Informs Congress of arrival of the French fleet off Newport. Encloses plan for inspector general’s department. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. A draft of this plan in H’s writing dated July, 1780, is found in the Washington Papers, Library of Congress. According to Fitzpatrick ( GW John C. Fitzpatrick, ed., The...
17George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 14 July 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Bergen County, New Jersey ] July 14, 1780 . Is sending George Olney to New London to receive clothing, arms, and ammunition which is arriving with the French fleet. Requests that Trumbull use his authority to furnish wagons and teams to transport these goods. Hopes to begin “operations at a very early period.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
18To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, 14 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai vu, mon Illustre Docteur, M. De Maillebois et comme vous lui avez donné le choix du Jour il a pris Jeudy prochain 20 de ce mois. Ainsi ce jour là nous aurons l’honneur de vous voir et de causer avec vous. Je m’ennuye d’étre privé depuis Si Long tems de ce plaisir et de cet Avantage. Recevez les Sinceres assurrances de tous les Sentimens d’attachement...
19To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Mease, 14 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I am this day favoured with a letter from Mr. Jonathn Williams, desiring me to give you what information I am able, respecting the comparative value of hard money, bills of Exchange and the circulating currency of America, at the time I left Philadelphia. In compliance with his request, permit me Sir, to inform you That interest bills on the Commissioners...
20To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Sr., 14 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I take this opportunity to Send you a small Box of Crown Soap that I Recd from your Sister Who has been here On a Visit, is now return’d in good helth & Spirits, & I belive more happy now then I ever new her. I repeated to her that I Stood ready to advance her any money she stood in need of agreeable to your Orders her greatfull hart was effected. She told...