1To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 20 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
I would acquaint Your Excellency that I have consulted Mr Morrell, the Gentleman that proposed putting up a Quantity of Shad, and find him to be destitute of the Means of Purchase; He says he expects he can have a Sufficiency of Fish to fill six hundred Barrels for three Pecks of Salt per Barrel, but that he shall not be able to procure them upon Trust, and as it is not in my Power to promise...
2To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 8 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
I would inform Your Excellency that Judge Wynkoop had procured Fifty four Barrels of Shad the 5th Instant which I have ordered brought to Fish kill Landing and proportionably distributed amongst the Troops at New Windsor, West Point &ca together with what Mr Morrell may have procured, except the sixteen Barrels that went to Albany. I have no knowledge of Salt meat, Cattle or Rum being on the...
3To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 3 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
Colonel Humphreys letter (by your Excellency’s direction) of the 2nd instant I have received. As the season for procuring shad is far advanced, and the instructions given Judge Wynkoop and Mr Monnell (which I inclose your Excelency a copy of) extend to all the Fishing places on the river. I don’t expect it would be of service to have more per sons employed, as contractors, in that business,...
4To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 7 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to Your Excellency’s Direction I waited on his Excellency Governor Trumbull at his Seat in Lebanon, delivered him the Letters, and make him a Report of the Provision and Rum received agreeable to the inclosed with a Copy of a Letter annexed. His Excellency informed me that the State by Commissioners, with the other New England States, had the 26th Ulto resolved to furnish the...
5To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 24 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
In Obedience to Your Excellency’s Directions of the 21st Instant, I have requested the Agent of Massachusetts State to furnish us the first and third Weeks in each month with one hundred & forty Beef Cattle to be delivered at this place in two equal Droves the one at the first and the other the Middle of the Weeks, also Ninety head every two weeks from the Agent for Connecticut to be delivered...
6To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 4 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
I would inform Your Excellency that I arrived here this Morning, where I learn that his Excellency Governor Trumbull is at his Seat in Lebanon. I meet with no Provision or Rum between this & Fishkill, on the Move, except three Hhds & twelve Tierces of the latter near Fredericksburgh, which I expect is arrived before this. I found but ten Barrels of Beef, and two Tierces of Rum at Danbury,...
7To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 1 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
I would inform Your Excellency that I have employed Judge Wynkoop of Esopus and Mr Merrell of New Windsor to procure Six or Seven hundred Barrels of Shad for the Army, who are not to give more than three Pecks of Salt for two hundred and twenty pounds of cleaned Fish. I inclose my weekly Return, and have the Honor to be with due Respect, Your Excellency’s most obedient servant, DLC : Papers of...
8To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 12 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
I wrote to your Excellency the 4th and 7th Instant, from Hartford, Informing your Excellency the measures I had taken and the knowledge obtained of Supplies comeing on, which I expect your Excellency has received. I would now inform your Excellency that I find they are collecting and forwarding beef Cattle for the army in almost every place I came through, but that I could learn nothing from...
9To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 14 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honour of receiving Your Excellency’s Letter of Yesterday, in Obedience to which acquainted Colonel Pickering the State of Connecticut had Forty Hogsheads of Rum at or near Hartford and Fifteen at Philadelphia; The former Quantity Mr Pomeroy informs me has not been delivered to him for the Purpose of forwarding. I also informed Colo: Pickering that there is a considerable Balance of...
10To George Washington from Nathaniel Stevens, 21 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s Favor of equal Date I have received: There has fifty Barrels of Salt Provisions & twenty six Cattle arrived from Connecticut since the Ninth Instant and Eighty Cattle from Massachusets. My immediate Dependence for a Supply was upon the Salt provisions put up in the latter, which appears to be about five thousand Barrels of Beef and three thousand Barrels of Pork deficient: In...