1From John Adams to the President of Congress, 31 May 1781 (Adams Papers)
Amsterdam, 31 May 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC , No. 84, III, f. 181–182. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States , Washington, 1889; 6 vols. , 4:461. John Adams provided an English translation of a memorial presented to the States General on 28 April by the Danish envoy, Mestral de Saint...
2From John Adams to the President of Congress, 31 May 1781 (Adams Papers)
Amsterdam, 31 May 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC , No. 84, III, f. 185–187>. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States , Washington, 1889; 6 vols. , 4:463–464. John Adams provided Congress with English translations of declarations by the cities of Dordrecht and Haarlem in support of Amsterdam’s...
3To John Adams from Philip Mazzei, 31 May 1781 (Adams Papers)
I have perused with the greatest satisfaction your most sensible and eloquent memorial to the Dutch united States, especially as it contains many things, which I much wanted to have published to the World in an occasion likely to obtain the general observation. I wish that your sound reasoning may awake the Dutch from their ignominious Lethargy, and that I may be mistaken in the opinion I...
4To Benjamin Franklin from George Clifford & Teysset, 31 May 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We beg leave to trouble your Excelcy. on a Subject which we are persuaded will carry it’s own Apology, as it Concerns one of the Members of The Congress, and Mr. Isaac Hazlehurst of Philadelphia, now in this City, and who has the Honour to be personally known to your Excellency. The Honble Robert Morris Esqr: of Philada lately remitted us Forty thousand...
5To Benjamin Franklin from John Jay, 31 May 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Columbia University Library; copy: Library of Congress Your favor of the 20th. Inst reached me two Days ago. The Intelligence transmitted with it had reached us by the Way of Cadiz. I am nevertheless much obliged by this Mark of your friendly Attention. The Packet from america abt which you enquire came safe to Hand. It contained only some old Letters of Jany last from govr....
6[Diary entry: 31 May 1781] (Washington Papers)
31st. A Letter from Count de Rochambeau informed me that the British fleet had left Block Island—that Adml. de Barras would Sail with the first fair Wind for Boston (having 900 of his Soldiers on Board to Man his fleet) and that he should commence his March as soon as possible, but would be under the necessity of Halting a few days at Providence. A Letter from Major Talmage, inclosing one from...
7General Orders, 31 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
Lieutenant William Eysandeau of the 5th Massachusetts regiment is appointed untill further orders to superintend the General Military Hospital. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
8To George Washington from Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, comte de Barras, 31 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
jay l’honneur de vous informer quayant eté instruit par un battiment venant De la guadeloupe que lescadre commandêe par monsieur de grasse avoit rencontré lescadre angloise a latterrage de la martinique quaprés un combat assés long les anglois avoient eté battus, que les francois seroient emparés de deux vaisseaux ennemis et qu’ils etoient a la poursuite des autres, quoy que cette nouvelle ne...
9From George Washington to John Parke Custis, 31 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
(On Saturday last I returned from a Conference held with the Count de Rochambeau at Weathersfield, and found Mrs Washington very unwell, as she had been for five or six days preceeding, & still continues)— Her complaint was in the stomach, billious, and now turned to a kind of jaundice, but she is better than she has been, though still weak & low. As she is very desirous of seeing you— and as...
10To George Washington from John Glover, 31 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honor to receive your Excellencys Letter of the 9th instant, but not till this day. I have for Six weeks past been Confined to my house with a Slow fever, a part of the Time to my bead During which, had no expectations of being able to Joine the Army this Campaign; but Thank God am now geting better; your Excellency may be Assured, I Shall Set off for Camp as Soon as I find myself...