171To George Washington from Robert Howe, 2 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
By the Information your Excellency did the Board of General Officers the Honor to give them the Day before yesterday, it appears that the Detachments made by the Enemy to the Southward are not much superior in Numbers to the Reinforcements recently received, & that consequently their Strength in This Quarter can have sustain’d no very sensible diminution— Added to this, when I reflect that a...
172To George Washington from Horatio Gates, 23 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to Your Excellency’s Orders, we the undersigned met at Ellisons, and took into consideration that part of The Memorial presented to Your Excellency by Brigadr General Hazen, & a number of officers of his Regiment, wherein they set forth, that by the partiallity of the Judge advocate, Mr Edwards in Conducting the Proceedings of a General Court Martial lately Assembled for the Trial of...
173To George Washington from John Paterson, 22 April 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency having been pleased in your letter to major-general Heath of the 17th instant to request our opinion at what places it may be best to establish magazines of provisions for the moving army—and also what should be deemed the dependencies of West-point—We beg leave to give our opinion as follows; viz. Considering the contingencies of the campaign, magazines may be eligible at...