11List of Loan Office Certificates Sent to the County Lieutenants, 29 July 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
The Governor is advised to certify to the Aud[itor] the number of tobacco loan offices certificates [sent] to the Lieutenant of each county under the [. . . .] [Ea]ch such County Lt. is to be debited [for certificates?] accordingly certified as follows viz: Certif. acts Certif. acts P. George 33 13 Brunswic 94 28 Dinwiddie 59 19 Sussex 57 19 Lunenburg 49
12To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 29 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 22d Came to hand last evening and I hasten to answer At least to a part of its Contents —I Shall Begin By the disagreable disappointement I met with on account of our cloathing —inclos’d, my dear General, you Will find the Return of what has been put on Board of the fleet which I have sent By a vessel to providence, and which will be forwarded to head quarters as soon as...
13Committee Report on Letter from Jonathan Trumbull, [29 July] 1780 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 20, I, 261). In JM’s hand. Docketed by Charles Thomson “Report of the Comee on the letter of May 1. 1780 from Govr Trumbull—Delivered July 29. 1780 passd.” The Committee to whom was referred the letter from Governor Trumbull of May 1. 1780, report as their opinion that Jeremiah Wadsworth late commissary general be directed to make sale of the public sugars stated in the...
14To George Washington from Francisco Rendon, 29 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
By the Schooner Page Captn Palmer the first Vessel Sent by me to Havannah with the Dispatches for the Governor of that Place acquainting him of the Loss of my Chief Dn Juan de Miralles, which Vessel came back yesterday from Said Place, I have received Packets from Said Governor inclosing in them two Letters with orders to Sent them to your Excy one of them being from Said Govor & the other...
15To George Washington from Colonel Goose Van Schaick, 29 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Before & since the receipt of your Excellencies favour of the 20th Ulto I have caused a reinforcement of provisions to be thrown into Fort Schuyler sufficient for that Garrison to the 30th August, but having yesterday been informed that the whole of the Oneida Nation consisting of four hundred souls totally destitute of provisions have been oblidged to fly to the Fort for protection The...
16To George Washington from Colonel Goose Van Schaick, 29 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
This morning I did myself the Honor to Transmit your Excellency an account of the situation the Garrison of Fort Schuyler is in—It being now Six A:M: I have received a Letter from Major Graham at present the Commanding Officer of which the enclosed is Copy —I am sorry to inform your Excellency that the Garrison is Short of provisions. & that the Convoy with provisions has been Stop’d between...
17The Comte de Vergennes to John Adams: A Translation, 29 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
I have received, sir, the letter which you did me the honor to write on the 27th of this month. When I took upon myself to give you a mark of my confidence by informing you of the destination of Messrs. de Ternay and Rochambeau, I did not expect the remarks that you have thought it necessary to make regarding a passage in my letter of the 25th of this month. To avoid any further discussions of...
18To John Adams from the Comte de Vergennes, 29 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
J’ai reçû, Monsieur, la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 27. de ce mois. Lorsque j’ai pris sur moi de vous donner une marque de confiance en vous instruisant de la destination de Mrs. de Ternay et de Rochambeau, je ne m’attendois pas à la discussion à la quelle vous avez crû devoir vous livrer sur un passage de ma lettre du 25. de ce mois: Pour en éviter de nouvelles de ce...
19General Orders, 29 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Major Torrey[,] Brigade Major Bradford The Guards to parade in the road opposite the Park of Artillery at 4 o clock this Afternoon. The Tents to be pitched as soon as the Baggage comes to the ground: and the Troops to be held in perfect readiness to march at the shortest notice. The Picquets and Guards to parade tomorrow morning at the usual hour. The General...
20To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Jr., 29 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; copy: Yale University Library I wrote you per last Post since which your Case of wine has been sent to the Messagerie. M de Francis arrived in Town from Rochelle last Evening he came passenger in the Fier Rodrigue which arrived at Isle de Rhe after first seeing her Convoy of 18 Sail safe in the Bordeaux River. M Dean is a passenger in the Fier Rodrigue. M...