79001From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 21 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
This will be delivered you by Lieut. Campbell, an officer of the convention troops, whom, at the request of Genl Philips, I have permitted to go into New-York to transact some particular public business of those troops. You will therefore furnish him with a flag for that purpose. He is to return from New York, and at his return you will send an officer to accompany him to meet Genl Philips,...
79002To George Washington from Colonel William Russell, 21 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
In order to ascertain as nearly as possible, the sum necessary to be drawn for inlisting the men in General Scotts brigade, I calld for the necessary returns early yesterday morning. Colo. Nevill sent me word he thought a sufficient sum had been drawn for the purpose of inlisting in the fourth and eighth regiments, therefore, I only apply’d for the sixth by Captain Williams. Colo. Nevill now...
79003From George Washington to Major General Stirling, 21 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Congress having been pleased to require my attendance at Philadelphia for a few days the immediate command of the Troops at this place will devolve upon your Lordship. The hutting the Troops in the most speedy and commodious manner, and the preservation of order and discipline, I doubt not will receive your Lordships particular attention—I must request that you will as much as possible avoid...
79004From George Washington to Major General Stirling, 21 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have directed General Maxwell to deliver up Hatfeild to the Civil Authority and have informed Governor Livingston that you will furnish him with such proofs of his Guilt as have come to your Knowledge; be pleased therefore to forward such papers to him as you have at present in possession, or any new matter which you may hereafter obtain, and which may serve to throw light upon the Affair. I...
79005General Orders, 22 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
At a General Court Martial whereof Majr Genl Lord Stirling was President held the 4th of July last at Brunswick and at other times and places afterwards by Adjournment for the trial of Majr Genl Lee on the following charges. First—For disobedience of orders in not attacking the Enemy on the 28th of June agreeable to repeated instructions. Secondly—For Misbehaviour before the Enemy on the same...
79006To George Washington from Edmund Pendleton, 22 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I thank you for yr esteemed favr of Octr 12th lately come to hand & assure you that in laying by my former letters ’til you could tel me you was in health, without interfering with more important Objects, (than my letters I mean, not yr health,) you did with them as I wished, and the hope of that alone induced me to write. I am under great Obligations by your Attention to Majr Taylor & feel...
79007General Orders, 23 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
The Troop to beat at nine ôClock and the guards to be on the Grand-Parade (which is assigned in the Common opposite to the road leading to Genl Greene’s Quarters) precisely at eleven ’till further orders. The Body of a Person supposed to have been a servant of Major Hamilton’s was found drowned in the Rariton—If any Person knows who has the Watch and Money found upon said Body, he is requested...
79008To George Washington from Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg, 23 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Five Thousand One Hundred Dollars, are now wanting, for Colo. Davis’s Regt to pay the Bounty to Thirty four Drafts who have inlisted, at 150 Dollars pr Man. Captn Minnis will receive the Money & give a Receipt for it in my Name. I am Sir Your Most Obedt hble Servt ALS , DLC:GW . Muhlenberg had written to Robert Hanson Harrison on 21 Dec.: “By the returns I have receivd from Colo. Parker &...
79009To George Washington from Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, 23 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
When I last conversd with your Excellency on the Subject of Clothing my Brigade; I receivd your Assurances I Should have my rateable Proportion of the Blankets, Shirts and other small Clothing for my Brigade according to a Return then given in; since which Time I have receivd no Article of any kind; I am sure the great Multiplicity of Business in which your Excellency is ingag’d must have...
79010To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 23 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I am to acknowledge the Receipt of yours of the 13th Inst.; have found the person mention’d in it, and given him the necessary directions to proceed to the Board of War. I have also Receiv’d and Issued a General Order of the 14th, respecting the mode of hutting, altho I had given previous direction to construct them in the manner then pointed out; and had it not been for the badness of the...
79011To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 23 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Joseph Reed, 23 Dec. 1778. On 24 Dec., GW wrote Reed : “I had not the honor of receiving your Excellency’s favor of yesterday till late in the evening.”
79012To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 23 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Having arrived here last Evening from Durham, I happily found your’s of the 17th inst. & a letter from C—— which had just arrived & is now enclosed. Since your Excellency judges it improper to have an interview with C——, any private instructions which you may wish to transmit him, not so proper for me to transcribe, may be very safely convey’d to him; as from the Regularity of his Dispatches,...
79013General Orders, 24 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
The Troops after having provided themselves with sufficient timber for hutting are to cut down no more green standing timber for firewood, until the logs, tops and old fallen timber be first used for that purpose. The wise and proper orders that have been issued from time to time by His Excellency General Washington in this Army have already produced such good effects that there can be no...
79014To George Washington from Carl Friedrich Führer and Carl Wilhelm Kleinschmit, 24 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency was pleased, after we left New York, to favour us with a Recommendation to the Honorable the Congress; Congress according to a Resolve of Septbr 3the was pleased to appoint us Captains in a New Corps, Called the German Volunteers; By a Resolve of December 5the Congress was pleased to contermand the Raising of Said Corps and to Dismiss us with One Month pay. How great our...
79015To George Washington from Colonel Moses Hazen, 24 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellencys letter of the 30th Novr and 7th Decemr I have had the Honr to receive. I must now beg to lay before Your Excellency Some Particular Circumstances with respect to my own Regt and then Sollicit your Directions or orders thereon—We have received at Hartford an ample Supply of exceeding good uniform Cloathing, Such as coats, waistcoats, & Breeches, we have also received a...
79016To George Washington from Charles Lee, 24 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Colonel Butler (whose letter Your Excellency had the kindness to transmit to me) is one of the oldest and dearest Friends I have in the world—my duty to so staunch a Friend, my inclinations and my interests concur to make me ardently desirous of having an interview with him before He embarks for England—I believe this Gentleman has an intention to purchase and settle in America—with your leave...
79017From George Washington to Joseph Reed, 24 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I had not the honor of receiving your Excellency’s favor of yesterday till late in the evening. I am very sensible of the high mark of esteem and attention intended me by the Supreme Executive Council, and I shall be happy to receive the honor of their visit at 11 o’clock this morning. I thank you for the polite manner in which you have been pleased to convey their desire for that purpose, and...
79018To George Washington from Stirling, 24 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Stirling, 24 Dec. 1778. On 1 Jan. 1779, GW wrote to Stirling that his letter “of the 24th came to hand on Wednesday night,” 30 December.
79019General Orders, 25 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW . GW and Martha dined on this date with John Jay, John Laurens, Congressman Samuel Holten, Juan de Miralles (the Spanish agent to the United States), and several others at the home of Joseph Reed, president of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Executive Council ( Smith, Letters of Delegates Paul H. Smith et al., eds. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789 . 26 vols....
79020To George Washington from Brigadier General Jacob Bayley, 25 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
The Post arived Day before yesterday with your letter of the 7th Instant in which your Excelency Informs me that Colo. Wheelock bro’t the Resolutions of Congress Respecting Colo. Bedles Regt To which I am refered Colo. Weelock has not as yet arived and I am very much Concerned for him as he had not been at Albany the 17th nor to Danbury the 12th Instant one of which Routs he would Take...
79021From George Washington to the Magistrates of Philadelphia, 25 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I return you my warmest thanks for the honor you do me in your obliging address—Such a distinguished proof of the affection of my fellow citizens manifested by so respectable a body as the Magistrates of the city of Philadelphia cannot but afford me the most sensible pleasure. I congratulate you Gentlemen that this State is again in possession of its capitol; and I sincerely hope that a...
79022To George Washington from Brigadier General William Maxwell, 25 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellencys favour of the 21st with my Instructions came safe to hand. I shall make it my Studdy to act agreeable to them. I find it is your wish that the intercourse between the enemy and us may be as small as possable, yet you say I may permit as many of the Inhabitants to pass with in the Enemys Lines, as have written Licences from the Congress, the Governors, or Legislative...
79023From George Washington to Major General William Phillips, 25 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
On Monday last, just as I was setting out from my Quarters at Middle Brook, I received the favor of Your two Letters of the 8th Instant. Lt Campbell, agreable to your request was permitted to proceed to New York with your dispatches to Sr Henry Clinton—with liberty to return when he should have finished his business. With respect to an exchange of prisoners, I assure You, Sir, there is nothing...
79024To George Washington from Major General Stirling, 25 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I received your Excellencys letter and Instructions of the 21st which you may be Assured will have my Strict Attention. Dr McHenry will forward to your Excellency a letter he received for you from Major General Reidesel. I have sent Capt. Tilton of the 9th Pensilvania Regiment to Accompany the General to the place of his destination in Virginia. and have ordered a Guard to Escort him from...
79025General Orders, 26 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
All the Cartridges now with the men to be delivered up to the Regimental Quarter Masters who will have the damaged ones selected and delivered in to the Brigade Quarter Masters respectively, to whom they will make returns for a sufficient number to make up forty rounds pr man, including the good ones on hand which they are to keep by them ready to issue. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . The...
79026From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel William Butler, 26 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
At the request of Major General Lee, I transmit you the inclosed Letter. In order to avoid the delay which would arise from your writing to me respecting the time of your meeting—I propose that you should give notice to Genl Maxwell at Elizabeth Town, who will immediately acquaint General Lee. I am Sir Yr Most Obedt & Most Hble sert Df , in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DLC:GW ; Varick...
79027From George Washington to General Henry Clinton, 26 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed I send Your Excellency Mr Beatty’s representation of the case of Brower and Lezier, two soldiers in the service of these states, who it appears are suffering under a confinement of peculiar severity, without any sufficient cause for so injurious a discrimination—I am persuaded I need only call your attention to the situation of these men to induce you to order them relief and to have...
79028From George Washington to Charles Lee, 26 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I received your favor of the 24th and have transmitted Your Letter for Colo. Butler to General Maxwell, with directions to send it to him immediately by a flag. As some delay might arise from Colo. Butler’s writing to me upon the occasion, I have requested him to advise Genl Maxwell of the day he appoints for the interview, who will inform you, when you arrive at Elizabeth Town—and furnish the...
79029From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 26 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
You will be pleased to transmit the inclosed Letter to Colo. Butler by a flag. This Gentleman has requested an interview with Genl Lee, who is to meet him. A House near Elizabeth Town point is thought most convenient for the meeting—and has been proposed to them both. Colo. Butler is to appoint the time and to inform you, of which you will advise Genl Lee and furnish any passports that may be...
79030From George Washington to Major General Israel Putnam, 26 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I recd your favr of the 17th at this place at which I shall remain but a few days and then return to Middle Brook. I am pleased to think that your troops will have been covered before this severe Weather. A plan for the establishment and regulation of the Inspectorship is now under consideration of Congress, I would not therefore have you appoint a division Inspector at this time, but let the...