11From George Washington to Maj. Gen. Philemon Dickinson, 19 September 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Maj. Gen. Philemon Dickinson, 19 Sept. 1777. Dickinson wrote GW on 20 Sept. : “I . . . have had the honor of receiving your Favor of Yesterday’s date.”
12From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 22 September 1777 (Washington Papers)
I am favd with yours of the 21st and am happy to find that you are on the point of marching to the reinforcement of this Army. To quiet the Alarms and Fears of the people upon the Sound, I would recommend it to you to pick one thousand or twelve hundred of your best Militia and let the remainder return. If you come with them yourself I beg you may march with all possible expedition to form a...
13From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 1 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
The vast quantity of Stores of different kinds that are accumulated at Trenton will make it a work of some time to remove them, and if they are left intirely uncovered it may tempt the Enemy to send up a light party to destory them. I shall therefore be glad if you will endeavour to throw in a Body of your Militia to mount a guard over the Stores till they are removed. I must leave the Number...
14From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 23 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Enemy are exerting every nerve to reduce the Forts on the Delaware viewing them as insurmountable Obstacles to their holding philadelphia, if they remain in our hands. Against that on Mud Island they have been carrying on their Operations with great activity and industry for many days but as yet without success. They also sent a considerable detachment across the Delaware Yesterday morning...
15From George Washington to Maj. Gen. Philemon Dickinson, 27 October 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Maj. Gen. Philemon Dickinson, 27 Oct. 1777. Dickinson’s letter to GW of 25 Oct. is docketed “Ansd 27th,” and on 1 Nov. Dickinson wrote GW , “Your Excellency’s favor of the 27th October, I receivd the 30th.”
16From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 30 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
your favor of 26th Instant, covering Governor Livingstons Letter to you, I receiv’d last evening; by which I observe he does not think himself authoriz’d to give you the necessary orders respecting a Compliance with my requisition. General Foreman has been at Red bank some days & has collected a small number of Men there, I have heard nothing of Genl Newcomb for some time past Genl Foreman...
17From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 4 November 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have received your Letter of the 1st Inst. informing me of the delay of the Governor and Council in giving an answer on the Subject of my last to you; and the reluctance of the Eastern Militia to abandon Elizabeth Town—to compensate for the backwardness of the latter in obeying orders which they themselves do not absolutely approve, and make the best of their thwarting disposition, you...
18From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 8 November 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have received your Letter of the 6th Inst. and thank you for the intelligence contained in it—you will farther oblige me by communicating immediately whatever new matter of public consequence may occur. The importance of the Post at Red-bank makes it necessary for us to employ all possible resources in rendering it so respectable by the Strength of the Garrison, and the number of Troops...
19From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 2 December 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have this day receiv’d your Favor of 28th Ulto—& can only say it gives me concern that your Excursion to staten Island was not attended with success equal to your expectation, which, from the Plan you had formed, the Secrecy with which you expected to have executed it, I suppose was pretty Sanguine—but Experience shews us that the most triffling incidents will frustrate the best concert’d...
20From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 13 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have your favr of the 9th informing me of the destruction of the Frigates and private Vessels at Borden town. Upon the first intimation of this design I detattched General Maxwell with a strong party, in hopes that he would have reached the Delaware time enough to have given them some opposition, but they had compleated the Business and gone off by the time he reached the cross Roads. Had...