15251To George Washington from Colonel Loammi Baldwin, 9 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
I have nothing very Remarkable to acquaint your Exceellency of only inform that last night upon the first apparanc of the Fire in Charlestown we heard a Very great noise & Clattering in Boston Lanching of Boats weighing Anchors towing Carrages &c. it appeared to me that the Pier of Vesels that lay at the east Sid of the town were all Desingaged & Some of them moved off f[r]om the Whorves we...
15252To George Washington from Major General Artemas Ward, 9 January 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Major General Artemas Ward, 9 Jan. 1776. On this date Horatio Gates wrote to Ward: “By His Excellencys Command, I am to acquaint you in Answer to your Letter of this morning, by The Orderly Adjutant: that he approves for the present of your sending the Remainder of Captain Bisels Company to Squantum but thinks hereafter a Good Militia Company had better be Station’d at...
15253General Orders, 10 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
His Excellency General Washington, has been pleased to appoint Mr William Marony, Provost Marshal to the Army of the United Colonies, serving in the Massachusetts-bay; he is therefore in all things appertaining to his Office, to be considered and obeyed as such. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . William Marony served as provost marshal until 1 Oct. 1776 when he was suspended for being absent...
15254To George Washington from Lieutenant John Knight, 10 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
Many reasons as well as the unexpected lengthening time of my Captivity enduces me to take the liberty of addressing you on a Subject the propriety of which I must leave to your Judgement. Freedom from being a Prisoner , is the ultimate of my request, and as this great indulgence I conceive lyes entirely with yr Excellency, I must beg your attention one moment—to my reasons for this...
15255From George Washington to the Massachusetts Council, 10 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
In the confused & distordered state of this Army, occasioned by such Capital changes as have taken place of late, I have found it almost impossible to come at exact returns of the strength of our Lines—Not till last night was I able to get in the whole, Since the dissolution of the old Army; by these I find myself weaker than I had any Idea of, and under the necessity of requesting an exertion...
15256From George Washington to Lord Stirling, 10 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
Having received undoubted Intelligence of the fitting out of a Fleet at Boston, & of the embarkation of Troops from thence, which from the Season of the year and other circumstances must be destined for some Expedition, South of this; And having such Information as I can rely on, that the Inhabitants of Long Island or a great part of them, are inimical to the rights & liberties of America, &...
15257From George Washington to Brigadier General John Sullivan, 10 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
In looking over the list of Officers in your Brigade, I find the whole compleated, except in one Instance, without paying the least regard to the order wch directed, that no Person should be Inserted that was not in the first arrangement, otherwise than by recommendation. I also find, in the Regimental returns of our Strength, in your Brigade, several matters that need explanation—to wit—a...
15258To George Washington from Joshua Wentworth, 10 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
Yesterday came to Town, from London last from Pool in England, (via Casco Bay) four masters of Vessels belongg to this Port; from whom I have collected all the News Papers, I Possibly Cou’d, with Sundry packages & Letters, and as I have it in Direction from your Excellency to forward any letters that arrive here, I take the readiest method of there reaching your Excellency, by Dispatching my...
15259General Orders, 11 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
15260From George Washington to John Hancock, 11 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
every Account I have out of Boston Confirms the embarkation of troops mentiond in my Last, which, from the Season of the year and other Circumstances must be destined for Some expedition to the Southward of this—I have therefore thought it prudent to Send Major General Lee to New york, I have given him Letters reccomendatory to Governor Trumbull, & to the Committee of Safety at Newyork —I have...