1George Washington to John Bailey, Junior, Lewis Duboys, and John Van Kleeck, 25 January 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
New Windsor [ New York ] January 25, 1781 . Has “always considered Col Hay as a capable useful diligent active and upright servant of the public.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. These men were members of a committee appointed at a town meeting of Poughkeepsie to write to Washington concerning Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay. Lewis Duboys’s name is frequently...
2From George Washington to Colonel Lewis Duboys, 9 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 5th by your Br[other] is Received[.] by him I forward you 800 Dollars, would have you order your Regt to March for this place as fast as an Officers party are enlisted, You will make a return to Me immediately of the number of Men already embodied, and Continue to make your returns by which you may call for Money as wanted, I conceive that taking Men from the 4 or 5 Months...