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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1731 | Washington, George | Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, sixth baron | From George Washington to Thomas, Lord Fairfax, 19 … | 1756-04-19 | The inclosed is the Copy of a Letter that came to my Hands by Express this Instant, which I send... |
| 1732 | Washington, George | Dinwiddie, Robert | From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 19 April … | 1756-04-19 | Since writing my Letter of Yesterday’s date the inclosd came to hand by which your honr will be... |
| 1733 | Washington, George | Harrison, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Harrison, 19 April 1756 | 1756-04-19 | You are hereby ordered to repair to Joseph Edwards’s Fort, and there to take upon you the command... |
| 1734 | Stark, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Stark, 19 April 1756 … | 1756-04-19 | Letter not found: from William Stark, 19 April 1756. On 20 April 1756 GW wrote to Stark : “I... |
| 1735 | Adams, John | 19 [i.e. 20] Tuesday. | 1756-04-20 | A lovely Day after the Storm. Drank Tea at Major Chandlers. Walked with the Coll. to his Saw-mill... | |
| 1736 | Washington, George | Orders, 20 April 1756 | 1756-04-20 | All the men off Duty, are to go out immediately to assist the towns’ people in cutting down the... | |
| 1737 | Washington, George | Stark, William | From George Washington to William Stark, 20 April 1756 | 1756-04-20 | I received yours, dispatched last night by Express, about two o’clock this morning. There is... |
| 1738 | Washington, George | Harrison, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Harrison, 20 April 1756 | 1756-04-20 | I congratulate you on your safe arrival at Fort-Edward—If Ensign Hubbard applies to you for a... |
| 1739 | Washington, George | Hubbard, Edward | From George Washington to Edward Hubbard, 20 April 1756 | 1756-04-20 | You will receive by the Bearer as much powder as I think will suffice: Ball, according to your... |
| 1740 | Adams, John | 20 [i.e. 21] Wednesday. | 1756-04-21 | Charming Weather. The Fields begin to look verdant. The leaves begin to shew themselves on the... | |
| 1741 | Washington, George | Orders, 21 April 1756 | 1756-04-21 | A Court Martial to sit immediately, to try those who were confined for being absent from their... | |
| 1742 | Council of War | Council of War, 21 April 1756 | 1756-04-21 | At a Council of War, Held at Winchester, 21st of April. Present Colonel George Washington,... | |
| 1743 | Washington, George | Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, sixth baron | From George Washington to Thomas, Lord Fairfax, 21 … | 1756-04-21 | By several Expresses just arrived from the Officers and Inhabitants between this and Fort... |
| 1744 | Washington, George | Lee, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Lee and William … | 1756-04-21 | I have just now received several Expresses who bring the most shocking accounts of the distressed... |
| 1745 | Washington, George | Fitzhugh, Daniel | From George Washington to Daniel Fitzhugh, 21 April … | 1756-04-21 | You will please, immediately on receipt hereof, to send up upon Horses, what powder belonging to... |
| 1746 | Washington, George | Hubbard, Edward | From George Washington to Edward Hubbard, 21 April 1756 | 1756-04-21 | You are hereby desired if possible, to retreat with what men and provision you have to Edwards’s;... |
| 1747 | Washington, George | Harrison, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Harrison, 21 April 1756 | 1756-04-21 | It is out of my power at this juncture to supply you with any Provision. Therefore I would have... |
| 1748 | Washington, George | Edwards, Joseph | From George Washington to Joseph Edwards, 21 April 1756 | 1756-04-21 | Captain Harrison informs me, his Provision will fall short in a few days. It is impossible for... |
| 1749 | Carter, Landon | Washington, George | To George Washington from Landon Carter, 21 April 1756 | 1756-04-21 | Mr Swaringham intending up tomorrow for Winchester gives me an opportunity of expressing my great... |
| 1750 | Adams, John | 21 [i.e. 22] Thurdsday. | 1756-04-22 | Cloudy, black morning. Cleared away very pleasant about 9. Dined at Capt. Stearns’s, with the... | |
| 1751 | Washington, George | Orders, 22 April 1756 | 1756-04-22 | LB , DLC:GW . | |
| 1752 | Washington, George | Dinwiddie, Robert | From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 22 April … | 1756-04-22 | This encloses several letters, and the minutes of a Council of War, which was held upon the... |
| 1753 | Washington, George | Bell, David | From George Washington to David Bell, 22 April 1756 | 1756-04-22 | Waggons will be sent down to Conogochiege to bring some provisions to this place. Let the chief... |
| 1754 | Washington, George | Advertisement, 22 April 1756 | 1756-04-22 | I do promise and engage to all good Woodsmen, &c. who will enter into the Service of their... | |
| 1755 | Washington, George | Carter, Charles | From George Washington to Charles Carter, 22 April 1756 … | 1756-04-22 | Letter not found: to Charles Carter, 22 April 1756. On 27 April Carter wrote to GW : “I recd yr... |
| 1756 | Carter, Charles | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles Carter, 22 April 1756 | 1756-04-22 | Your favour without date came to my hands yesterday; from a conversation with Lt Rutherfold I... |
| 1757 | Adams, John | 22 [i.e. 23] Fryday. | 1756-04-23 | A pleasant Day. I can as easily still the fierce Tempests or Stop the rapid Thunderbolt, as... | |
| 1758 | Washington, George | Orders, 23 April 1756 | 1756-04-23 | LB , DLC:GW . | |
| 1759 | Council of War | Council of War, 23 April 1756 | 1756-04-23 | At a Council of War, Held at Winchester, April 23d 1756 Colonel George Washington, President.... | |
| 1760 | Washington, George | Harrison, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Harrison, 23 April 1756 | 1756-04-23 | It has been determined here in a Council of War, that it would be most advisable for you to... |
| 1761 | Washington, George | Hubbard, Edward | From George Washington to Edward Hubbard, 23 April 1756 | 1756-04-23 | It has been determind here in a Council of War, that it would be most advisable for you to... |
| 1762 | Dinwiddie, Robert | Washington, George | To George Washington from Robert Dinwiddie, 23 April … | 1756-04-23 | Your Letr of the 19th by Mr Rutherfurd came to my Hands Tuesday last, but Yours of the 16th by... |
| 1763 | Adams, John | 23 [i.e. 24] Saturday. | 1756-04-24 | A cloudy morn. All my Time seems to roll away unnoticed. I long to study sometimes, but have no... | |
| 1764 | Washington, George | Orders, 24 April 1756 | 1756-04-24 | Evening Orders. Captain Stewart is to see that the Carpenters and all the Soldiers off Duty, set... | |
| 1765 | Washington, George | Dinwiddie, Robert | From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 24 April … | 1756-04-24 | Not an hour, nay, scarcely a minute passes, that does not produce fresh alarms and melancholy... |
| 1766 | Washington, George | Robinson, John | From George Washington to John Robinson, 24 April 1756 | 1756-04-24 | Yesterday I received yours by Mr Kirkpatrick, and am sorry to hear the Reflections upon the... |
| 1767 | Adams, John | 24 [i.e. 25] Sunday. | 1756-04-25 | Astronomers tell us, with good Reason, that not only all the Planets and Satellites in our Solar... | |
| 1768 | Washington, George | Orders, 25 April 1756 | 1756-04-25 | LB , DLC:GW . | |
| 1769 | Washington, George | Bell, David | From George Washington to David Bell, 25 April 1756 | 1756-04-25 | As the roads at present are so much infested, I do not think it safe to send the things you wrote... |
| 1770 | Fairfax, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Fairfax, 26–27 April … | ≈1756-04-26 | I rec’d your Favor with the enclosd Estimate of your present Corps and proposd Regulation for... |
| 1771 | Adams, John | 25 [i.e. 26] Monday. | 1756-04-26 | The Reflection that I penned Yesterday, appears upon the review to be weak enough. For 1st. we... | |
| 1772 | Washington, George | Orders, 26 April 1756 | 1756-04-26 | A Regimental Court Martial to sit immediately for Trial of George Livingston. Lieutenant Eustace,... | |
| 1773 | Washington, George | Harrison, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Harrison, 26 April 1756 | 1756-04-26 | If you receive this before you leave Edwards’s, I would have you proceed with a Detachment of... |
| 1774 | Washington, George | Memorandum, 26 April 1756 | 1756-04-26 | The Commissary at Conogochieg is ordered to deliver Mr Grub five days Flour, for forty men. LB ,... | |
| 1775 | Washington, George | Stephen, Adam | From George Washington to Adam Stephen, 26 April 1756 | 1756-04-26 | I received your several Letters yesterday, and am very glad to hear that all our Garrisons are... |
| 1776 | Dinwiddie, Robert | Washington, George | To George Washington from Robert Dinwiddie, 26 April … | 1756-04-26 | I recd Yr Letter by this Express last Night, & this Morning laid all the Letters before the House... |
| 1777 | Adams, John | 26 [i.e. 27] Tuesday. | 1756-04-27 | We had a few soft, vernal Showers to Day. | |
| 1778 | Washington, George | Orders, 27 April 1756 | 1756-04-27 | LB , DLC:GW . | |
| 1779 | Washington, George | Dinwiddie, Robert | From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 27 April … | 1756-04-27 | I sent an Express to Fort Cumberland on Tuesday last, who is just returned with the enclosed... |
| 1780 | Washington, George | Robinson, John | From George Washington to John Robinson, 27 April 1756 | 1756-04-27 | In my last I omitted to observe one thing touching the defence of our Frontiers by a chain of... |