176391General Orders, 28 June 1777 (Washington Papers)
The several regiments are to send for their tents, and pitch them where they are now posted. Orderly serjeants to attend at Head-Quarters as usual. All Chaplains are to perform divine service to morrow, and on every succeeding Sunday, with their respective brigades and regiments, where the situation will possibly admit of it: And the commanding officers of corps are to see that they attend;...
176392[Diary entry: 1 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
Novr. 1st. Clear & pleasant, but somewhat Cool till Eveng. then Rain.
176393From George Washington to John Jay, 1 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have been a little surprised, that the several important pieces of intelligence lately received from Europe (such parts of it I mean as are circulated without reserve in Conversn) have not yet been given to the public in a manner calculated to attract the attention & impress the Minds of the people. As they are now propagated, they run through the Country in a variety of forms, are...
176394From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 2 May 1777 (Washington Papers)
I was this morning favoured with yours of the 21st and 22d instants, containing the pleasing accounts of the late arrivals at Portsmouth and Boston. That of the French Ship of War with Artillery and other military Stores is a most valuable acquisition. It was my intent to have all the Arms, that were not immediately wanted by the Eastern States, removed to Springfeild, as a place much safer...
176395From George Washington to Howell Lewis, 25 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received your letter of the 21st instant with the reports; & am about to reply to such parts as require it. Not knowing precisely, the object of your enquiry, what Mares &ca have gone to the Jacks, I send a list of the whole; as appears by Mr Whittings Memms; as also of those which went to the horse—marking those who have paid. in both cases. As it is possible I may, with your Aunt...
176396From George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 12 June 1797 (Washington Papers)
Encouraged by your ⟨former⟩ kindness, I take the liberty of sen⟨ding⟩ another letter of Messrs Reed a⟨nd Ford⟩ on the subject of the Share⟨s, due from them⟩ to me, in the Bank of Co⟨lumbia; and to re⟩quest the favour of you to ⟨enquire of Mr⟩ Smith, or at the said Bank, ⟨if any effici⟩ent measures are in train ⟨for trans⟩fering the remaining twenty n⟨ine shares⟩ to me, agreeably to their...
176397[Diary entry: 30 April 1771] (Washington Papers)
30. Lowering & like to rain all day but none fell. Wind Southwardly & Warm.
176398George Washington to Major General Arthur St. Clair, [1 October 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Tappan, New York, October 1, 1780. ] Directs St. Clair to take command of West Point. Sends instructions for this command and reviews the orders that have been given for that and nearby posts. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
176399From George Washington to Theodorick Bland, 4 April 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Subject of your private Letter, is so important & involves so many Considerations, that I could not hazard my own Opinion only for a Reply—I have therefore communicated its Contents to some of the most intelligent, well informed, & confidential Officers, whose judgment I have consulted, & endeavoured to collect from them, what is the general Line & Expectation of the Army at large respectg...
176400General Orders, 10 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW . Captain Paul Brigham of the 8th Connecticut Regiment wrote in his diary on this date that Israel Evans, chaplain of Brig. Gen. Enoch Poor’s brigade, “Preached to the Division his Excellency attended with the Lady washington” ( “Brigham Diary,” Edward A. Hoyt, ed. “A Revolutionary Diary of Captain Paul Brigham, November 19, 1777–September 4, 1778.” Vermont History...