26151George Washington to Isaac Woodruff, 8 May 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Morristown [ New Jersey ] May 8, 1780 . Reports that he has asked Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington to inquire into Major Benjamin Throop’s affair. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Woodruff was a justice of Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
26152George Washington to Major Lemuel Trescott, 9 May 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Morristown [ New Jersey ] May 9, 1780 . Gives Trescott permission to “ascertain the strength of the party at Bull’s ferry and to make an attempt upon it.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Trescott was a major of Colonel Henry Jackson’s Additional Continental Regiment.
26153From Alexander Hamilton to Baron von Steuben, [10 May 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
General Knox in conversation has observed to The General, that instead of sending to Philadelphia for the 1500 arms mentioned in your letter of the 6th. and sending those here to that place to be fitted, it would be a great saving of expence in the article of transportation, to have the bayonets and accoutrements brought on without the arms, and fitted to those now here which can easily be...
26154George Washington to Chevalier de la Luzerne, 11 May 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Morristown [ New Jersey ] May 11, 1780 . Requests “detail of the land and Sea forces arriv’d at Martinique.” Reports arrival of Lafayette with news from French court. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26155From Alexander Hamilton to James Duane, 14 May 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
This will be handed you by the Marquis, who brings us very important intelligence. The General communicated the substance of it in a private letter to you & proposes a measure which all deem essential. For God’s sake, my Dear Sir, engage Congress to adopt it & come to a speedy decision. We have not a moment to lose. Were we to improve every instant of the interval, we should have too little...
26156George Washington to James Duane, 14 May 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Morristown [ New Jersey ] May 14, 1780 . Proposes that a small committee with all necessary power, rather than Congress, should handle proposed cooperation with French fleet and army. Believes that “we shall probably fix the independence of America if we succeed.” Would like to see Philip Schuyler, Robert R. Livingston, and James Duane on committee. Df , in writing of H, George Washington...
26157To Alexander Hamilton from Major General Nathanael Greene, [15 May 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
I thank you kindly for your candid reply. I confess my self unable to write a milder letter upon this subject than this I send you. My feelings are so irritated that the moment I begin to write my passions take the lead in the Sentiment and mingle in such a manner as you see by my composition. I strove as much as ever Mortal did to keep down my resentment; but I found it impossible and there...
26158From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Nathanael Greene, [16 May 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
When you ask my opinion as a friend, I must always act the part of a true friend, however frequently the advice I give may happen to clash with your feelings justly irritated by injuries which you have not merited. Considering the Board of treasury as so many individuals, the complexion of their letter to you would abundantly justify the asperity of your reply; but considering them as a public...
26159George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette, 16 May 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Morristown [ New Jersey ] May 16, 1780 . Gives reasons why first objective of the French fleet should be New York. Reiterates the importance of having Comte de Guichen “come upon this Coast without delay.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Luc-Urbain de Bouëxic, Comte de Guichen, lieutenant general and commander in chief of the French navy in the West Indies.
26160George Washington to John Rutledge, 16 May 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Morristown [ New Jersey ] May 16, 1780 . Encloses two letters for Major General Benjamin Lincoln. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of raising the siege of Charleston. Asks for “speedy” opinion on a suitable place of debarkation, if French fleet should proceed south. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.