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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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26201 | Lee, Henry (1756-1818) | Washington, George | To George Washington from Captain Henry Lee, Jr., 23 … | 1777-11-23 | Yesterday the enemy abandoned Provence island. We have reason to believe that Gen. Clinton with... |
26202 | Pulaski, Casimir | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General Casimir … | 1777-11-23 | The desire which I have of fulfilling my Duty, leads me to make frequent representations to Your... |
26203 | Sullivan, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General John Sullivan … | 1777-11-23 | May it please your Excellency, We the Subscribers, General Officers in the American Army, beg... |
26204 | Washington, George | General Orders, 24 November 1777 | 1777-11-24 | Information having been given that divers of the late sutlers, and some of the inhabitants have... | |
26205 | Cadwalader, John | Brigadier General John Cadwalader’s Plan for Attacking … | 1777-11-24 | As the Enemy have made very considerable Detachments from their main Body to New Jersey under the... | |
26206 | Clark, John Jr. | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major John Clark, Jr., 24 … | 1777-11-24 | I am this moment returned [from] Mr Philip Prices near the lower Ferry, at which place I thought... |
26207 | Erskine, Robert | Washington, George | To George Washington from Robert Erskine, 24 November … | 1777-11-24 | The twenty Ovens ordered last Summer, concerning which I have your favour of the 14th Inst., were... |
26208 | Washington, George | Forman, David | From George Washington to Col. David Forman, 24 … | 1777-11-24 | Letter not found: to Col. David Forman, c.24 Nov. 1777. In his letter to William Livingston of 24... |
26209 | Washington, George | Greene, Nathanael | From George Washington to Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-24 | If you have not moved from Mount Holley when this comes to hand, I wish you to wait there till... |
26210 | Greene, Nathanael | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-24 | I have nothing new to communicate to your Excellency with Respect to the Motions of the... |
26211 | Greene, Nathanael | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-24 | I receivd your favor by Col. Mead who has communicated to me the design of an attack upo[n]... |
26212 | Washington, George | Livingston, William | From George Washington to William Livingston, 24 … | 1777-11-24 | I am honored with yours of the 22d. It gives me great pleasure to find that your Legislature have... |
26213 | Washington, George | Potter, James | From George Washington to Brig. Gen. James Potter, 24 … | 1777-11-24 | Letter not found: to Brig. Gen. James Potter, 24 Nov. 1777. GW writes in a letter of this date to... |
26214 | Potter, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General James … | 1777-11-24 | I was at Chester yesterday the most of the shiping is gon up the River as far as the Bend below... |
26215 | Washington, George | Potter, James | From George Washington to Brigadier General James … | 1777-11-24 | I thank you for your Favor of this date & for the intelligence it contained. You will continue... |
26216 | Sullivan, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General John Sullivan … | 1777-11-24 | I do myself the Honor to Inclose you our Arrangment of the field officers of Light Horse which... |
26217 | American Commissioners | Thompson, Thomas | The American Commissioners to Thomas Thompson, 25 … | 1777-11-25 | Two AL : Library of Congress, Harvard University Library We advise you on your return to L’Orient... |
26218 | Dumas, Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric | American Commissioners | Dumas to the American Commissioners, 25 November 1777 | 1777-11-25 | ALS : American Philosophical Society; letterbook summary: Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague Depuis... |
26219 | Williams, Jonathan Jr. | American Commissioners | Jonathan Williams, Jr., to the American Commissioners … | 1777-11-25 | ALS : University of Virginia Library M. Peltier has recvd. his Instructions from M. Montieu, but... |
26220 | Eckhardt, F. and Anton Georg, frères | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from F. and Anton Georg Eckhardt … | 1777-11-25 | ALS : American Philosophical Society <The Hague, November 25, 1777, in French: One of us was... |
26221 | Grand, Henri-Maximilien (Henry) | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Henry Grand, [c. 25 November … | 1777-11-25 | AL : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Mr. Hy. Grand is come up to pay his most humble Respects... |
26222 | Washington, George | General Orders, 25 November 1777 | 1777-11-25 | For the information of the troops lately arrived, the General Order issued some time since is... | |
26223 | Armstrong, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General John Armstrong … | 1777-11-25 | Without such an acquaintance of the Enemies lines as wou’d discover to you where they are more or... |
26224 | Burgoyne, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lieutenant General John … | 1777-11-25 | Your Excellency will have observed by the dispatch from Sir Willm Howe to me which passed... |
26225 | Caswell, Richard | Washington, George | To George Washington from Richard Caswell, 25 November … | 1777-11-25 | I have the Honor to Inclose you a Resolve of the General Assembly of this State, respecting the... |
26226 | Washington, George | Clark, John Jr. | From George Washington to Major John Clark, Jr., 25 … | 1777-11-25 | Your two favors of the 22d & that of the 24th Instant have been duly received. I thank you for... |
26227 | Duportail, Antoine-Jean-Louis Le Bègue de Presle | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General Duportail … | 1777-11-25 | To attack the Enemy in their Lines appears to me a difficult and dangerous Project, it has... |
26228 | Greene, Nathanael | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-25 | This moment receivd intelligence the enemy are embarking from Glouster and [c]rossing over to... |
26229 | Washington, George | Greene, Nathanael | From George Washington to Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-25 | Colo. Mead delivered me Yours this Morning as I was upon my way to reconnoitre the Enemy’s Lines... |
26230 | Greene, Nathanael | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-25 | I wrote your Excellency this afternoon that the enemy were crossing from the Jerseys to... |
26231 | Irvine, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General James … | 1777-11-25 | I have seriously revolved in my mind the subject that was debated in council last night, and... |
26232 | Kalb, Johann | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Johann Kalb, 25 … | 1777-11-25 | According to His Excellency General Washington’s orders, and desire of having every Gentleman’s... |
26233 | Maxwell, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General William … | 1777-11-25 | Agreeable to Your Excellencys request of last night that I should give my opinion this morning in... |
26234 | Paterson, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General John … | 1777-11-25 | The proposed attack on Philidelphia in my Opinion will be so hazardous that we cannot be... |
26235 | Poor, Enoch | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General Enoch Poor … | 1777-11-25 | I am Sencuble that the Situation of our Country loudly Calls for the Exertions of this Army. But... |
26236 | Read, George | Washington, George | To George Washington from George Read, 25 November 1777 | 1777-11-25 | I was honoured with yours of the 8th Instant delivered to me the 15th by Col: Pope, by whom I... |
26237 | Scott, Charles | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles … | 1777-11-25 | I am for making an attack, So soon as things Can be put in readiness. as to the plan I can Think... |
26238 | Smallwood, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General William … | 1777-11-25 | I have revolved in my Mind the Subject of your Requisition last Night, and placed it in every... |
26239 | Stirling, Lord (né William Alexander) | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Stirling, 25 … | 1777-11-25 | In Compliance with your Excellency’s request that each of the General Officers met in Council... |
26240 | Sullivan, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General John Sullivan … | 1777-11-25 | Agreable to yr ordr of Last Eveng I have Consd the practicability of making an Attack upon the... |
26241 | Wayne, Anthony | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General Anthony … | 1777-11-25 | After the most Dispationate & Deliberate Consideration of the Question your Excellency was... |
26242 | Woodford, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General William … | 1777-11-25 | I cannot help viewing the purposed Attack upon the Enemys Lines as attended with many Hazards &... |
26243 | Washington, George | Laurens, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 26–27 November … | ≈1777-11-26 | I was yesterday morning honored with your Favors of the 22d Inst. I wish the measures Congress... |
26244 | American Commissioners | Bérard Frères | The American Commissioners to Bérard frères, 26 … | 1777-11-26 | Copy: Connecticut Historical Society Yours of the 17th is before us. Our Letter by your Express... |
26245 | La Rochefoucauld, Louis-Alexandre, duc de La … | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from La Rochefoucauld, 26 November … | 1777-11-26 | ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai reçu, Monsieur, votre billet du 17. et j’ai appris avec... |
26246 | Washington, George | General Orders, 26 November 1777 | 1777-11-26 | If any Gentlemen of the army can give information to the General, of shoes, stockings or leather... | |
26247 | Clark, John Jr. | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major John Clark, Jr., 26 … | 1777-11-26 | Yours of the 25th I received, and will strictly adhere to the contents thereof—this moment my... |
26248 | Washington, George | Greene, Nathanael | From George Washington to Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-26 | My Letter ⟨of⟩ yester night (wro⟨te af⟩ter I returnd from a view of ⟨the Ene⟩my’s Lines from the... |
26249 | Greene, Nathanael | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Nathanael … | 1777-11-26 | Your Excellency’s letter of the 25th reached me at this place—I halted the troops on the reciept... |
26250 | Heath, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General William Heath … | 1777-11-26 | At the request of Lt General Burgoyne I do myself the honor to transmit to your Excellency a... |