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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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75211 | Washington, George | Howe, William | From George Washington to General William Howe, 23 … | 1777-11-23 | I am compelled by repeated Complaints of the Inhuman treatment still shewn to the Unhappy... |
75212 | Washington, George | Laurens, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 23 November … | 1777-11-23 | I have been duly honored with your Favors of the 13 & 19 Instant with their Inclosures. I am well... |
75213 | 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... |
75214 | 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... |
75215 | 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... |
75216 | 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... | |
75217 | 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... | |
75218 | 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... |
75219 | 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... |
75220 | 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... |
75221 | 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... |
75222 | 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... |
75223 | 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]... |
75224 | 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... |
75225 | 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... |
75226 | 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... |
75227 | 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... |
75228 | 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... |
75229 | 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... | |
75230 | 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... |
75231 | 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... |
75232 | 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... |
75233 | 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... |
75234 | 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... |
75235 | 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... |
75236 | 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... |
75237 | 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... |
75238 | 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... |
75239 | 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... |
75240 | 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... |
75241 | 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... |
75242 | 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... |
75243 | 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... |
75244 | 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... |
75245 | 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... |
75246 | 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... |
75247 | 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... |
75248 | 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... |
75249 | 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 &... |
75250 | 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... | |
75251 | 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... |
75252 | 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... |
75253 | 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... |
75254 | 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... |
75255 | Howe, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from General William Howe, 26 … | 1777-11-26 | I am averse to Altercation, and therefore wish to be explicit, and understood in my Answer to... |
75256 | Knox, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General Henry Knox … | 1777-11-26 | I exceedingly lament my want of experience and ability to fill properly the important Station in... |
75257 | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 26 … | 1777-11-26 | I went down to this place since the day before yesterday in order to be acquainted of all the... |
75258 | 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... |
75259 | Laurens, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 26 November … | 1777-11-26 | I beg leave to refer Your Excellency to my last trouble unacknowledged of the 22d by Jones. Your... |
75260 | Mentges, Francis | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major Francis Mentges, 26 … | 1777-11-26 | I find by a late arrangement of the field Officers of the pennsylvania State, I have been much... |