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ALS : American Philosophical Society Daignés agrèer la foible production d’une mûse Séptuagenaire! J’avoüe mon insufisance pour L’èxpréssion du Sentiment Relatif à une matière aussi Riche qu’intèrèssante; mais, mon admiration pour le heros de l’amerique, et ma vènèration pour votre Excèllence, ÿ suplèront à ce que J’éspère. J’ai encore Monsieur, une grace éssentielle a vous dèmander; c’èst de...
ALS : American Philosophical Society This letter reports what proved to be a fatal setback to American hopes that Britain would adopt liberal trade policies toward the United States or would include such provisions in a revised final peace treaty. In the early morning hours of February 22, after an all-night debate, the House of Commons voted to approve the provisional peace treaties but...
ALS : American Philosophical Society I hope you continue to enjoy perfect good health, it woud give me great pleasure to hear from you & have that confirm’d to me, I myself was not quite Well for a few days before I left Paris which prevented me from calling upon you to take leave of you, but your Grandson was with me & I desir’d him to apologize for me, which I dare say he did in a proper...
ALS : American Philosophical Society The return of Mr White enables me to send you some of the articles you asked of me to procure. You will find the list inclosed, and in my next I will try to send you a bill of my disbursements, both now & formerly.— Mr Franklin’s glasses will be forwarded by Mr Storer, or earlier, if an opportunity offers. They would have gone now by Mr White, had I...
15General Orders, 25 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major Fish. For duty the 5th Massachusetts regiment. The Contractors for the Army having desired, that agreeably to Contract, a person might be appointed to inspect the Cattle destined for the Army—Henry Wykoff Esquire of Fishkill is appointed for that purpose untill the pleasure of the Superintendent of Finance shall be known. The 2d York regiment will march on thursday...
I have no objection to your setting out for Boston tomorrow, and heartily wish you a pleasant journey & safe return. My Sentiments publicly & privately have been so fully delivered, that I shall say nothing respecting your return. I do not wish to defeat the end & purposes of your going, by limiting the term of your absence to a shorter period than is necessary to accomplish the business which...
I have delayd answering your Excellency’s favour in reply to mine requesting leave of absence until the matter betwixt Genl Hazen and Mr Edwards was determined, as it appeard to be your wish (to me always a Law) that I should remain ’till it was over. As motives of Business induced the request I made, the delay has not been without inconvenience to me, but my own affairs Shall always be, as...
At a reasonable Time after the Furloughs of Non-Commissioned Officers & Soldiers expire, they are consider’d as Deserters, & so accounted for, by which means, in my Opinion, others ought to be indulged with the Benefit of Furloughs, in the same Manner, as if the Men first furlough’d, had returned to Camp. Genl Putnam declines giving Furloughs to any, unless the Men previously furlough’d have...
I have taken the Commander in Chief’s Orders on the subject of your Letter, & have to inform you, that where men indulged with furloughs have not returned, but are struck of the Rolls as deserters, others who would have received leave of absence upon their return, may be furloughed Notwithstanding—this is upon a presumption the Commandg Officers of Regts in which such Desertions have happened...
It was some time since Reported to me that sundry Artillery-Stores had been stolen from the Magazines at Kings ferry—The last Officer who was Relieved also reports “A barrell of Powder stolen owing to the deficiency of the Magazine.” I wish some inquiry to be made of the Offr, commandg the Artillery into this repeated loss of Stores that measures may be taken to prevent it. I am Dr Sir Your...