52351John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Le Roy the Bearer of this is a native of N. York but has lived nine years in Amsterdam with his Aunt Mrs. Chabanelle, a Lady who with her whole respectable Family, have been vastly civil to me and mine. Our Children have found that House a kind of home. I therefore wish Mr. Le Roy every Respect in America that can be shewn him. He wishes to form Mercantile Connections in America and...
52352James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 16 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
I have already acknowledged the Receipt of your Letter of May 10th covering a Copy of March 17th, and accompanied by one of May 14th. I think I told you I would be more particular, at some future Day, in considering certain Parts of them. I meant to do it by Cyphers; but the present Opportunity renders that mode needless. Genl. Ward will probably take a safe Road for himself and consequently...
52353Sarah Sever to Abigail Adams, 16 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
I am exceedingly oblig’d to Mrs. Adams for her condescention, in the communications she has made in the very kind billet, this day handed me, by Mr. Austin. I am sincerely pain’d at the disagreable intelligence from my Cousin! Poor unfortunate youth! I hope his life is not so near drawing to its close! Just as his conduct merited the approbation of the Judicious; when his freinds might flatter...
52354From John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 16 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Le Roy the Bearer of this, is a young American educated in Amsterdam where he has good Connections. He wants mercantile Connections in America. I wish he could give you hopes of any usefull Connections between our Country and this. If he can, it is more than I am able to do. The armed Neutrality turns out little better than a Bubble. But as We have little to hope from it, We have nothing...
52355To Benjamin Franklin from Gustavus Conyngham, 16 June 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society With pleasure I can informe you that Once More I have Obtained my Liberty After Many Difficulties, Mrs. Conyngham being Arrived in france Some time past I expect She may be on the way to england. Should she be in Paris You Will be kind to Give her thiss information, I shall Waite heare to I have the Pleasure to heare from you, I hope Shall be Able to...
52356[Diary entry: 16 June 1781] (Washington Papers)
16th. Directed that no more Invalids be transferred till further Orders —that a detachment be formed of the weakliest Men for garrisoning of West point & that a Camp be marked out by the Chief Engineer & Q. M. Genl. near Peekskill to assemble the Troops on. GW’s command that no men were “to be transferred to the Corps of Invalids untill further orders” is in General Orders, 15 June 1781 (...
52357To George Washington from Thomas Chittenden, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
I do now in behalf of those distressed Captives, (who are principally Citizens) request your Excellency to grant me a Number of Prisoners of equal Rank to redeem those I have abovementioned as soon as I shall furnish a List particularly, which shall be immediately done, when I learn that this shall meet with your Excellency’s Approbation; which I flatter myself will, when I consider that I...
52358From George Washington to George Clinton, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
This will be delivered to Your Excellency by Lt Colo. Stevens, at present commanding Officer of Colo. Lambs Regiment of Artillery. His business is to lay before you a particular state of the Regiment, by which it will appear, that it is yet very deficient of its establishment, and that there is little or no prospect of compleating it by any measures at present in agitation. I have desired...
52359From George Washington to George Clinton, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
In my letter of this date by Colo. Stevens I only mentioned the necessity of filling Colo. Lambs Regiment of Artillery. There are the same reasons for compleating the two Regiments of Infantry. Let me entreat your Excellency to press the Legislature to devise means of procuring the deficiency for the Campaign only, if they cannot be obtained upon better terms. I have the honor to be with...
52360From George Washington to George Clinton, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
Mr Pierce Pay Master General of the Army, will have the honor of delivering this Letter; he waits upon your Excellency to see whether any ways & means can be devised to procure Money for the payment of the Troops of the New York Line—It is a matter of such interesting importance that I can not forbear recommending it to the earliest & most serious attention of the Sta te. I have the honor to...
52361From George Washington to James Clinton, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
In my Letter of the 5th & 10th Inst. I intimated to you the necessity of keeping the Reinforcements lately sent to the Northward as much together as possible, and in such constant readiness for a movement, as that they might be recalled, if necessary, on the shortest warning: I must now inform you that the Operation which has been concerted between His Excellency the Count de Rochambeau, and...
52362From George Washington to Jacob Cuyler, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
By a letter from General Schuyler I am informed that he has purchased one thousand Barrels of Flour for the Army by order of Mr Morris. 500 are sent down here and the remainder are detained at Albany untill I give further directions concerning them—You will be pleased to deliver them to the order of Brig. Genl Clinton for the use of the troops to the Northward—I have taken the liberty to...
52363From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honor of your Excellencys Favr of the 6th instant, inclosing sundry Petitions, Complaints & Evidence against Colo. Broadhead, having before this received a Number of other Papers respecting Colo. Broadhead’s Conduct—& observing that these Complaints have been exhibited in a very diffuse Manner, & will involve a Variety of Matter; I have written to Mr Fowler, Auditor of Public...
52364To George Washington from Arthur St. Clair, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
Upon my Arrival at this Place I found the Assembly met, and no apparent Disposition amongst them to do any thing to forward the recruiting service—indeed a Passage in the Presidents Message which represents the line as in respectable strength seemed calculated to induce them to believe it unnecessary. I therefore thought it my duty to call their Attention to that object and wrote the Speaker...
52365To George Washington from William Lord Stirling Alexander, 16 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
Agreable to the liberty your Excellency has given me, I now send you some thoughts which have occured to me, Since I had the honor of seeing you. An operation I think should be Carried on thro’ New Jersey for the following reasons. 1st When the Grand Army is advanced as far as Dobbs’s ferry, a Communication may be Opened and preserved across Hudsons River (by Batteries on each side) so as to...
52366From John Jay to Silas Deane, 16 June 1781 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter of the 8 Ap. is particular on a Subject, on which I confess I wished to be minutely informed. I approve of your having conveyed to the Minister what you concieved to be a true State of our Affairs. On such Occasions Policy, as well as Candor, forbids Deception. How far it was necessary or proper to mention the same Things in public Conversations, is less clear, & if that was the...
52367To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 17 June[–13 July] 1781 (Jay Papers)
Although I beleive myself thoroughly acquainted with you yet I cannot tell whether I ought to congratulate or condole with you on your late appointment . Ere this reaches you you will have learnt that you are on the part of this country one of five to negociate for Peace — So far you are something but when you come to find by your instructions that you must ultimately obey the dictates of the...
52368Sunday June the 17th 1781. (Adams Papers)
This morning Pappa, Mr. Dana, brother Charles and I, went to the English presbyterian Church, to hear a Sermon, the text was. “And the times of this ignorance god winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.” Acts 17:30. Mr. Brice din’d with us, after dinner I went alone to Church again; the text was. “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he...
52369Alice Lee Shippen to Elizabeth Welles Adams, 17 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
I have long promis’d my self the Honor of a Correspondence with you Madam, and now I cannot in person enquire of your Health and Welfare from Mr. A— your good Spouse, I can no longer deny my self the satisfaction of doing so in this way; and if I can be of the least Service to you here, either by communicating or otherwise, you cannot oblige me more than by commanding me. My Brother A. L— is...
52370To John Adams from F. & A. Dubbeldemuts, 17 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
Noùs sommes interressés dans ùn navire et Cargaison dont cÿ inclùs l’information, la qùelle noùs prennons la liberté de Voùs envoÿer avec prieres de la voùloir examiner et noùs notter en même tems vos conseils, s’il ÿ aùra qùelqùe possibilité poùr obtenir le domage; noùs voùs prions d’excùser les peinès. Divers de nos amis sont interrés dans les navires et Cargaisons, amenés à Brest et il ÿ en...
52371F. & A. Dubbeldemuts to John Adams: A Translation, 17 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
We are interested in a ship and its cargo of which we have enclosed information. We are taking the liberty to ask that you examine this information and advise us as to the possibility of obtaining damages. We beg you to excuse us for causing this inconvenience. Several of our friends are interested in the ships and cargo brought into Brest. We dared to take the liberty of sending to you one of...
52372From Benjamin Franklin to Conrad-Alexandre Gérard, 17 June 1781 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I enclose the Letters for M. Beyerlé. But as by the Note concerning him it seems he has Expectations of being employ’d in our Army, I cannot but be sorry that he should undertake so expensive & hazardous a Voyage with those Views, being persuaded that he will not find such Employment. I am expressly charged not to encourage officers to go over, and therefore can give...
52373From Benjamin Franklin to Michael Hillegas, 17 June 1781 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress The Bearer, Mr. Beyerlé, goes to America with Views of settling himself in that Country. His Father is a man of Substance, and will assist him with what may be sufficient to establish him, if there may be a Prospect of his doing well. As a Stranger your Counsels may be of Use to him, which I therefore request you would afford him. He is recommended to me by very...
52374To Benjamin Franklin from Vergennes, 17 June 1781 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Library of Congress; L (draft): Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; two press copies: American Philosophical Society; copy: R.M. Salter, London (1979) J’ai reçu, Monsieur, la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 10 de ce mois. Je n’ai pris aucune part à l’emploi que M. Laurens a fait des six millions que le Roi a accordés au Congrès; ainsi j’ignore parfaitement...
52375General Orders, 17 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
A Detachment to be immediately drawn out from the different Brigades for the Garrison of WestPoint. The Noncommissioned officers and privates to be composed of such as are the weakest and least fit for field duty. A Serjeant Corporal and eight men to be sent to Warwick on the road to Sussex Court House tomorrow for the Protection of the Commissaries stores there. The Serjeant when he arrives...
52376From George Washington to Antoine-Jean-Louis Le Bègue de Presle Duportail, 17 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
I inclose to you, the arrangement of the Army—If there is any place more proper than the one I have assigned for the Engineers, & Corps of Sappers and Miners, pray let me have your sentimts thereon by return of the bearer, as I want to publish the whole in the Orders of this day. If it is convenient to you, it would be my wish that you and the Q.M. Genl should view—to morrow—a spot to form our...
52377From George Washington to Thomas Hunt, 17 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
Being fully sensible that your knowledge of the Western Parts of the Sound is more accurate, than that of any other Person, I should be extremely glad to see you on that account, especially as there are many questions which I would wish to ask, that cannot be answered except in conversation. I have therefore to request (if your business will possibly admit) that you will have the goodness to...
52378To George Washington from Richard Peters, 17 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
We have the honor to enclose to you a copy of a letter from Ebinezer Hazard to the President of Congress on the subject of a Mr Vernor a British Commissary of Prisoners frequently visiting and staying at Elizabeth Town. Not being acquainted with the matter so far as to know whether Vernor’s coming to Elizabeth Town may not be on business and under some licence from the Commissary Gene. of...
52379From Tench Tilghman to Timothy Pickering, 17 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
His Excellency desires that you and Genl du Portail will go down to Peekskill tomorrow and mark out a place of encampment. Genl du Portail has notice and will be here in the morning, I dont know the exact hour, but suppose by 8 oClock. You had best come in your own Boat as our Barge will be employed. The order of encampment will be furnished by the General. I am Dear Sir Yr most obt Servt DNA...
52380From George Washington to Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 17 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have the pleasure of inclosing Your Excellency copies of two letters from Major General Greene, which it appears that an agreeable train of successes have attended our affairs in South Carolina. The consequences will be important, but they would be more so, had we a sufficient force in that quarter to pursue the advantages we have gained. I have heard nothing further from the Marquis de la...