26191From Alexander Hamilton to Baron von Steuben, [12 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
You will be pleased at His Excellency’s desire to assemble all the Officer’s commanding batalions of Militia at your Quarters this afternoon four oClock to settle a general plan for the disposition of the Militia. I have the honor to be Yr. most Obed ser ALS , facsimile in Sammlung historisch berühmter Autographen Erste Serie (Stuttgart, 1846), 257. No addressee is given on this letter, but...
26192George Washington to the Committee of Cooperation, 12 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 12, 1780 . Asks committee to check rumor that some states are not attempting to complete their quotas of men. Discloses that force requested is as small “as can give us any prospect of a decisive effort.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26193George Washington to Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard, 12 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 12, 1780 . Instructs Heard to collect all cattle and horses “within five miles of the water from Newark to Amboy.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26194[From Alexander Hamilton to Chevalier de Ternay], [13 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. This letter has been incorrectly attributed to H in both John C. Fitzpatrick, Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington with the Officers (Washington, 1915), II, 1362, and in JCHW John C. Hamilton, ed., The Works of Alexander Hamilton (New York, 1851). , I, 140–42. Actually it was written by Major William Galvan, who had been sent by...
26195George Washington to the Committee of Cooperation, 13 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 13, 1780 . Approves of plan for quartermaster’s department. Asks committee to fix salaries of officers so that the department can be immediately activated. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26196George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 13 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 13, 1780 . Refuses Trumbull’s request to write to Congress concerning the payment of Connecticut cattle feeders. Appreciates Trumbull’s efforts “to give relief to our distresses.” States that the enemy is still at “Elizabeth Town point.” Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. The letter sent is dated June 14, 1780.
26197From Alexander Hamilton to Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard, 14 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 14, 1780 . Orders Heard to deliver all horses to the quartermaster general and “all the Cattle unfit for immediate use to the Contractor of the Country.” Df , in writing of Richard Kidder Meade, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Signature in Meade’s writing is “AH, ADC.” When this letter was written, Heard was in Pompton, New Jersey.
26198George Washington to Daniel Marsh, 14 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Springfield, New Jersey ] June 14, 1780 . Sends instructions concerning cattle that is being collected by Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Marsh was contractor for supplies for Essex County, New Jersey.
26199George Washington to George Clinton, 15 June 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Springfield [ New Jersey ] June 15, 1780 . States that West Point will probably be attacked. Asks that New York Brigade reinforce West Point, and that Clinton give all possible assistance to Major General Robert Howe. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
26200Examination of James Dickson by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, [15 June 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Springfield, New Jersey, June 15, 1780. ] Contains information concerning the British troops and New Jersey “volunteers” in the vicinity. AD , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. James Dickson of the British Guards had deserted and was at this time with the American troops near Springfield.