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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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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... |
1781 | Carter, Charles | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles Carter, 27 April 1756 | 1756-04-27 | I recd yr Second and third of the 22d of this instant since which I have not had leisure to... |
1782 | Washington, George | Orders, 28–29 April 1756 | ≈1756-04-28 | Colonel Washington Orders, that no Officer presume on any pretence whatever, to impress any... | |
1783 | Adams, John | 27 [i.e. 28] Wednesday. | 1756-04-28 | A cool but pleasant morning. Dined at Mr. Paines. Drank Tea at Mr. Putnams. Walked with him to... | |
1784 | Adams, John | 28 [i.e. 29] Thurdsday. | 1756-04-29 | Fast day. Heard Mr. Maccarty. Spent the Evening at Mr. Putnams. Our proper Business in this Life... | |
1785 | Dinwiddie, Robert | Washington, George | To George Washington from Robert Dinwiddie, 29 April … | 1756-04-29 | Your Letter of the 24th was delivered me by Capt. Peachy, which Letter with his Information gives... |
1786 | Adams, John | 29 [i.e. 30] Fryday. | 1756-04-30 | A hazy, dull Day. Reading Milton. That mans Soul, it seems to me, was distended as wide as... | |
1787 | Washington, George | Orders, 30 April 1756 | 1756-04-30 | A Court martial to sit immediately for Trial of John Colins, corporal, and Richard Dun. LB ,... | |
1788 | Adams, John | [May 1756] | ≈1756-05-01 | A rainy Day. If we consider a little of this our Globe we find an endless Variety of Substances,... | |
1789 | Carter, Landon | Washington, George | To George Washington from Landon Carter, May 1756 | ≈1756-05-01 | The bearer of this will God willing be my son Landon whose inclinations for the Army have been... |
1790 | Washington, George | Memorandum respecting the Militia, 1–2 May 1756 | ≈1756-05-01 | On Thursday the 29th of May [April] 1756 divers expresses being first sent to the County... | |
1791 | Adams, John | 30 [April, i.e. 1 May] Saturday. | 1756-05-01 | A rainy Day. If we consider a little of this our Globe we find an endless Variety of Substances,... | |
1792 | Washington, George | Orders, 1 May 1756 | 1756-05-01 | A Return to be given in immediately of the whole number of men of the Virginia Regiment now in... | |
1793 | Adams, John | May. 1756. 1 [i.e. 2] Sunday. | 1756-05-02 | Last night we had rain all night accompanied with a very high Wind, and the storm continues.... | |
1794 | Washington, George | Memorandum respecting the Militia, 2 May 1756 | 1756-05-02 | May 2d The aforesd detacht of 25 arrivd which made in the whole, includg Volunteers (but of these... | |
1795 | Washington, George | Orders, 2 May 1756 | 1756-05-02 | A General Court Martial, to consist of four Captains, and five Subalterns, to sit immediately for... | |
1796 | Washington, George | Stewart, Robert | From George Washington to Robert Stewart, 2 May 1756 | 1756-05-02 | By Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given and granted, by the Honorable Robert Dinwiddie... |
1797 | Stewart, Robert | Court-Martial, 2 May 1756 | 1756-05-02 | At a General Court-Martial, Held at Winchester, the second day of May, 1756. Captain Robert... | |
1798 | Washington, George | After Orders, 2 May 1756 | 1756-05-02 | After Orders. A Return to be given in immediately of the Detachments from Fort-Cumberland,... | |
1799 | Woodward, Henry | Court-Martial, 2 May 1756 | 1756-05-02 | A Commission, after the Form of that to Captain Stewart, was given to Captain Woodward. The Court... | |
1800 | Washington, George | Evening Orders, 2 May 1756 | 1756-05-02 | Evening Orders. The General Court Martial, whereof Captain Woodward was President, is... |