1December 8. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
At home all Day. Mr. Jennings, Mr. Grand Pere et Fils, Mr. Mason and Mr. Hoops called upon me.
2To John Adams from Eliphalet Brush, 8 December 1782 (Adams Papers)
I have Receiv’d your much Esteemed favour of the 26 Ult o: for which I thank you most sincerely. In Consequence of a report of the preliminary Articles of peace being Sign’d, I take the Liberty to ask your Influence, that the duplicates may be sent in the Minerva, which I’ll have ready to send to Phil a: the moment I Receive your Orders for that purpose.— I shall be Infinitely oblig’d to you...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Lafayette, 8 December 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Library of Congress However Certain it Appears that Peace is Near at Hand, I Have thought that Personal Considerations ought to Give Way to Motives of Public Utility— I am therefore sailing With the fleet, and Untill Peace is Ascertained, Will Continue in Promoting the Views Which You Have Decided to Be the Most Advantageous to America— in this Affair, it is Useless to observe that My...
4To Benjamin Franklin from the Marquis de Saint-Auban, 8 December 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Si la communiquation Monsieur relativement a la saison etoit plus comode jaurais deja eu lhoneur de vous aler voir, ce nets que depuis quatre jours que nous somes arivés de la campagne, mde de st. auban et moy nous flattons, que vous voudres bien nous demender a diner avec monsieur votre fils, en voulant bien aussi par la petite [ poste ] nous faire...
5General Orders, 8 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
For the duty tomorrow the 2d Jersey regiment. For the day tomorrow Lt Colonel Cummings Major Wait. The General desires that the 10th Massachusetts regt & Light Infantry companies may deliver the boats they brought up with them to the Assistant Quarter Master and that he may have them put under the care of the boat guard, and drawn up so as to be perfectly secure. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
6To George Washington from Benjamin Tallmadge, 8 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to orders, the Troops detached for my Command, assembled in rear of this place on the Evening of the 5th inst., & from thence were moved on to Shiphand point, where the boats were Collected to receive them. The Evening promising a favorable Time, the Troops were upon the point of embarking when a very sudden Squall of Wind from the West, & a heavy rain came on, which prevented the...
7To George Washington from Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil, 8 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
Je prends la liberté d’adresser a Votre Excellence le paquet ci joint pour M. le Chev. de la Luzerne; Je vous prie d’avoir la bonté de le lui faire parvenir par un exprès sûr. Il contient les Duplicata de mes depêches au Ministre que j’envoie par la frégate qui repassera M. le Cte de Rochambeau. La nouvelle de l’Arrivée d’une flotte et des troupes à la Martinique dont vous avez bien voulu me...
8From George Washington to Denis-Jean-Florimond Langlois de Montheville, marquis Du Bouchet, 8 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
From the annexed Certificate from Major General Gates under whose command Major Debouchet principally served while in the American Army, and from my own observations while under my immediate command, I have every reason to recommend him as an Officer of Zeal—Intelligence and Bravery. Given at Head Quarters at Newburg the 8th of December 1782. DLC . These Certify that The Bearer, Major...