41461To George Washington from Philippe-André-Joseph de Létombe, 24 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
Jai l’honneur d’informer votre Excellence que l’heure vient de mettre à la Voile. Monsieur Le Baron de Viomenil et Monsieur Le Marquis de Vaudreuil m’ont chargé de les rappeller particulierement au souvenir de votre Excellence et de Vous présenter, Monsieur, Leurs obéissances et Leurs Compliments. Je suis infiniment flatté, Monsieur, de trouver cette occasion de Vous offrir Les hommages les...
41462From George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, 24 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
As it was your opinion when you honored the Army with your presence in Octr last, and as it was clearly mine, that the two Regiments of New Jersey and New Hampshire & the Regiment of Rhode Island, had better remain entire Corps until the States to which they respectively belonged should (on application being made to them) determine whether they would recruit those Corps to the number required...
41463From George Washington to Jeremiah Olney, 24 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
In answer to your favor of the 14th enclosing an application from Lieut. Greene of your Regt to retire from service, I have to inform you, that (by the explanation of the Secretary at War) the Emoluments of the Act of Congress of the 19th of Novr last, were not intended to extend to any Officers except such as belong to the Lines which are reduced—therefore the request respecting Lieut....
41464From George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 24 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
The bad state of affairs in your Department, is such as makes your presence indispensably necessary with the Army; The complaints of all, from the Major General to the lowest Staff Officer entitled to keep a Horse, are agravated to the highest possible degree, on account of the continual want of Forage—As a specimen of the distress, which has fallen under my own observation, you may be...
41465To George Washington from Marinus Willett, 24 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
From Albany I wrote to your excellency on the prosecution of the plan proposed by you when I was last at Head Quarters, I then promised to endeavour to make further Inquiry after my arrival at this place, And altho I have not yet been able to compleat my Inquiry so pointedly (Without affording room for surmise) as to determine on the exact rout which it would be best to take, I am prety clear...
41466General Orders, 25 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Lt Colonel Cochran, Major Lansdale. For duty tomorrow the 1st Newhampshire regiment Untill further orders the old and New field officers of the day and commanding officers of Patrolls are to meet every morning at 10 o’clock on the left of the third Massachusetts brigade; when the officers to be relieved will make their reports and communicate every material occurrence to...
41467To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 25 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I was honored by your Excellency’s letter of the 16th instant, which I laid before Congress. It is with great pleasure that I congratulate your Excellency and the Army, on the admission of our Independency and national Character by the Court of Great Britain; in the issuing a Commission under the Great Seal to Mr Oswald, now at the Court of Versailles, for treating with any Commissioner or...
41468To George Washington from Joseph Chandler, 25 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
The third day of July last Mr Abner Hitchcock made complaint on oath that on Or about the twentyfirst day of march last Lieut. Nathaniel Stone of the Masechusetts line in Colonel Voses regiment did wilfully Murder his Brother Captn Luke Hitchcock of the Said regiment; Praying the law might be put in Execution against the Said murderer: in consequence of which I issued a warrant to apprehend...
41469From George Washington to Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 25 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have now the honor to inclose your Excellency a Letter from Sir Guy Carleton, and to acquaint you that One hundred and Eighty seven Guineas and a half and one Dollar equal to £262.16 Virga Currys has been paid into the hands of Colonel Smith our Commissary of Prisoners on your account—which sum I have directed Colonel Smith to transmit to Mr Saml Inglis of Philadelphia agreably to your...
41470From George Washington to Moses Hazen, 25 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have sent orders to Colonel Humpton in Philadelphia, to send on immediately all the recruits who have been inlisted from among the Prisoners of War—Colonel Humpton is to send them as far as Princeton and I must desire to send a sufficient number of Officers to meet them there and conduct them to this place—their numbers I believe amount to about 120 or 130. Provision is to be furnished them...