11To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, 18 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Colo. Davies and myself beg leave to inform Your Excellency, that with respect to the business of the Commission with which we are honoured, we have been busily engaged in it, ever since Tuesday morning—and thus far but to little purpose. The Gentlemen appointed on the other side, though they profess the greatest liberality of sentiment and generosity on the part of sir Henry Clinton, have not...
12To George Washington from Robert Hanson Harrison, 6 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
On looking over the papers transmitted by Mr L. Washington in his letter of the 15th of March —he seems not to have stated his collections so clearly and methodically as might have been wished. He has omitted to set down the particular dates when the payments he received were made, which should have been specified. Nor will the credits of interest for the several terms mentioned in the List,...
13To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, 28 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am extremely sorry to inform You, that it will not be in my power to return to Headquarters by any means as soon as I expected & hoped when I came away. The business which brought me to Maryland, & which must be adjusted before my departure, will take infinitely more time than I at first apprehended, and will be prolonged the more by the event of my Mother in Law’s death, which has just...
14To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, 26 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
On the 26th of last Month, I had the Honor to receive Your Excellency’s Obliging Favor of the 9th, which I should have done myself the pleasure of acknowledging before, but was waiting for an opportunity to send it to Alexandria for the post. The mutiny in the Pennsylvania line, though I have heard that it has been accomodated, gives me great concern, both from the danger of the precedent, and...
15To George Washington from Robert Hanson Harrison, 14 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
As soon as I came to the City, I applied to Doctr Baker for such pinchers as Your Excellency wanted, & finding he had but one pair, which he could not part with, I engaged him to procure a set. He has assured me he has made diligent inquiry upon the occasion & has not been able to succeed. The matter, he says, will still be retained in his mind and if he can find a pair, he will forward them...
16To George Washington from Robert Hanson Harrison, 21 October 1781 (Washington Papers)
Be pleased to accept my sincere congratulations My Dear Sir, upon the surrender of Lord Cornwallis—They are the Offerings of a Heart very warmly attached to Your Excellency, & most zealously so to the interest & happiness of the States. This Event, for the wisdom & vigor of the measures leading to it, it is the Voice of all here, is as honourable to You & the Allied Army as it is advancive of,...
17To George Washington from Robert Hanson Harrison, 20 June 1785 (Washington Papers)
After returning home last week, the difficulties of your situation presenting themselves very strongly to me, I cast about in my mind for a person who might relieve you in some degree from the load of business which oppresses you. The result was, I could not recollect one I thought would suit. I saw a friend of mine two or three days after, whom I asked if he was acquainted with such a...