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Permission is hereby given to Wm Darking, late a Sutler to the 2d Battalion of Light Infantry—now a prisoner of War to the United States, to pass fom N.York, by Dobb’s ferry—from thence to Morris Town, Coryells ferry, and the nearest Route from the last mentioned place to Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania—for the purpose of settling his Accounts with the said Corps—He is to report his...
Your letter of the 8th with the Reports came duly to hand. From the constant Easterly Winds which have blown ever since I left Mount Vernon I expected the Fishery would end poorly, & therefore am not disappointed at your report on this head. The Clerks notes, which I return, must be paid; That from the Clerk of the District Court at Dumfries, I presume, comes against me as Executor of Colo....
158633[Diary entry: 14 May 1797] (Washington Papers)
14. Wind at No. Et. & rather Cool—indeed quite so.
On board the Unity Captn Cuzzens I put four hhds Tobacco to your Consignment, intending to have advised you of it by our early Ships but an Embargo being ordered, and the Unity ready, she cleared and slipped out (as I am told) before I got notice of it; by which means you will probably receive the Tobacco before this advice, which cannot however be attended with any disadvantages, as I did not...
158635[Diary entry: 4 February 1773] (Washington Papers)
4. At home all day with Mr. Fairfax.
158636General Orders, 25 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
The first Brigade of Massachusetts is to Encamp on the ground formerly occupied by the Pennsylvanians near Moores House—The Deputy Quarter Master will furnish straw for the Troops when they go into Tents. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
158637General Orders, 1 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Majors of brigade are to see that every Regiment in their respective Brigades, take their proper Share of all duties that the service requires. After Orders. Col. McDougall’s, and Col. Ritzema’s Regiments to be mustered on Saturday Morning, at Ten o’Clock, upon the Common, near the Laboratory, where the Commissary General of musters will attend. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . The following...
158638General Orders, 10 April 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major Lansdale B. Qr M. 2d Massa. Brigade For duty the 2d York Regiment. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
I this day received your favors of the 20th and 21st of May by Capt. Randolph and am sorry to find that your intended expedition against Detroit stands upon so precarious a footing. When Govr Jefferson first proposed the plan to me he only asked for the Artillery and Stores and an Artillery Officer, but as I wished to give every support in my power to the undertaking which I deemed of great...
158640[Diary entry: 1 June 1773] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. Breakfasted at Brunswick on the Banks of the Rariton, din’d at Princeton and lodgd at Bristol. brunswick : New Brunswick, N.J., on the Raritan River. While at Princeton, GW “paid Doctr [John] Weatherspoon Presidt of Princeton College £48.16.0 Jersey” currency, equal to £39 9d. Virginia currency, for the schooling of William Ramsay, Jr., eldest son of William Ramsay of Alexandria (...