79801To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 30 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
The Inclosures herewith transmitted came to hand by Express from Genl Parsons last Evening. I thought it not advisable to detach any more men from the Division, untill your pleasure was known; But have Orderd a Detachment of 300 already on Command near the Sea Coast to move Eastward, as far as N: Haven, and wait Gnl Parsons’s Orders—Of which I have informed him. That the Enemy have in...
79802To George Washington from Captain Nathan Strong, 30 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I beg Leave without offence to Represent to Your Honour my Present Circumstances. I Have the Honour to wair a Captains Commission In the Service of the United States in the 4th New York Regt Since November 1776, and think I have Served them to the best of my Power and understanding and without Contempt. But Sensible that Your Execellency will Not Incest on any officer Continuing in the Service...
79803General Orders, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
Lieutenant Abraham Maury is appointed Adjutant and Lieutenant Nathaniel Terry Quarter Master in the 10th Virginia Regiment. Major General Greene being called from camp on duties of his department, the board of General Officers directed in yesterdays orders to meet at his quarters tomorrow are to meet at Major General Lord-Stirlings and to proceed on the business for which they were appointed....
79804To George Washington from the Board of War, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from the Board of War, 31 March 1779. GW wrote in his letter to the Board of War of 10 April : “I have been duly honored with your favour of the 31st of, March, which, through hurry of business has been hitherto unanswered. From the relation in several respects between the duties of the office of Adjutant General and those of the Inspectorship; I pe[r]ceive advantages that...
79805To George Washington from General Henry Clinton, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
My having been absent from New York for some Days past, has prevented me from sooner acknowledging Your Letter of the 14th Instant. Let me assure You, Sir, that my Wishes coincide sincerely with those which you express, for the completion of a purpose equally urged by Justice & humanity. Allow me to say that I am happy to find the direction of this Affair is now entirely reposed in Military...
79806To George Washington from Brigadier General Edward Hand, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
Since my last I have Seen the Old Gentleman from Northampton, it is 23 years since he left Chemung, at that time the Tioga Branch was inhabited by Delawar Muncy, Musquathy, and Canai Indians, of which there was many Settlements above Chemung —the first 15 Miles above it, Called Goughpechan , of 30 or 40 houses where the common and best Road to the Seneca Country leaves Tioga, at the mouth of a...
79807To George Washington from the Massachusetts Legislature, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
The Congress having by a Resolve passed the Ninth inst. recommended to the several United States to make up and Compleat their respective Battalions to their full complement by Draft or in any other manner they shall think proper, We therefore request that Your Excellency would issue your orders to the Muster Master General to furnish us, as soon as possible with an authenticated Return of the...
79808To George Washington from Brigadier General William Maxwell, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I had the Pleasure to Receive Your Excellency favour of the 28th Inst. on the 29th. The French Commissary of Prisoners has sent me notice that he will not require the Provisions to be sent to New York. I have observed Coll Shrieves complaint and am well satisfyed that it is verry ill-founded. We have all along guarded New Ark by detachment, till some time in this winter when the wood for fuel...
79809To George Washington from Major General Alexander McDougall, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with your Favors of the 25th and 28th Instant. You may rest assured, no Man shall have any Intelligence, or intimation from me, which may be injurious to the Service; however zealous his profession of Attachment may be. But the Connection of Mr —— is such, and his Conduct in the dark Hour, was so unequivocal, that it wou’d be uncharitable and unjust to harbour any Suspicion...
79810To George Washington from Major General Steuben, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
In my last I had the honor of informing your Excellency that the Regulations would be printed by the middle of April, till which time I proposed staying here in order to hurry the Work as much as possible. I did not then foresee a Thousand little things that retard the progress of the work & which now convince me it will be the last of April before it can be finished, I have therefore...
79811From George Washington to James Warren, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I beseech you not to ascribe my delay in answering your obliging favour of the 16th of Decr to disrespect, or want of inclination to continue a corrispondance in which I have always taken pleasure, & thought myself honored. Your letter of the above date came to my hands in Philadelphia, where I attended at the request of Congress to settle some important matters respecting the Army and its...
79812To George Washington from John Augustine Washington, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from John Augustine Washington, 31 March 1779. GW wrote to his brother on 12 May : “Three of your Letters are before me, and I believe unacknowledged, the first is of decr 12th—the 2d March 31st (by Mr Muse),” ( DLC:GW ).
79813From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Weissenfels, 31 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received your letter of the 9th Inst.; and should have acknowleged it sooner, had I not been prevented by a variety of business; and a report of your having gone to Philadelphia. As the arrangement is not yet completed, I cannot say who it is will take the command of late Levingstons regiment. But Agreeable to the principles of rank recommended it can only be the oldest Lt Colonel. In...
79814Questions and Answers Regarding a Proposed Expedition Against the Six Nations, March–April 1779 (Washington Papers)
To obtain useful and necessary knowledge for the purpose of carrying on an Expedition against the Indians of the Six Nations the following questions have been propounded & answered. Questions Answers Through Genl Hand By Cols. Coxe & Patterson By Colo. Chs Stewart 1st Which branch of the East branch of Susquehannah is it that leads in to, or near the Settlements of the Six Nations, & is made...
79815General Orders, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
At a General Court Martial whereof Colonel Hall was President March 1779. Ludwick Wolfe, Trumpeter in the Marechausie Corps was tried for, “Concerting a plot to desert to the enemy and carry with him two horses the property of Captn Von Heer.” The court are of opinion he is guilty of attempting to desert to the enemy being a breach of the 4th Article of the 6th section of the Articles of War &...
79816From George Washington to a Board of General Officers, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I transmit you herewith three Papers—indorsed No. 1. 2 & 3, which I apprehend will be necessary for your consideration in the cases of rank, that will be before you to day, agreable to the Orders of yesterday. The paper No. 1, and the paragraphs 1 & 7 in that indorsed No. 3—are proceedings of Congress. No. 2 is the opinion of a Board in a case that happened between the two periods when the...
79817To George Washington from a Board of General Officers, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
The board of General Officers to whom your Excellency referr’d the settlement of the rank of Majors Mentges, Murray, & Nicholls, beg leave to report. That from an examination of the parties it appears, That the Committee of Arrangement from Congress at White plains assisted by B. G. Wayne did arrange the above Gentlemen as follows Viz. Mentges Murray Nicholls That it also appears by a...
79818To George Washington from the Board of War, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
The Board have agreed upon the enclosed Regulations for the Engineering Department in Addition to those made by Congress & in Consequence of their Orders. We have the Honour of enclosing a Copy of them to your Excellency previous to their being printed that if any Additions are to be made the whole may be struck off together. We thought it best to leave the Points of travelling Charges &...
79819From George Washington to Colonel Zebulon Butler, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received your letter, comprehending the transactions at your post from the 23d to the 28th Ulto. Considering the importance of the place I have ordered up the German regiment, Armands and Schotts corps, as a reinforcement. therefore You will take the necessary precautions for their barracks—and give proper notice to the commissaries to increase or proportion their supply to your numbers. I...
79820From George Washington to Brigadier General Edward Hand, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Since mine of the 24th I have recd a letter from Colo. Butler dated the 28th March, by which I find, that a Body of the enemy, consisting of Indians and others, had made their appearance at Wyoming, and had destroyed several Houses and Barns in the neighbourhood, but had been unsuccessful in their attempt upon the fort —This indication of the enemy’s being in motion upon that quarter makes me...
79821From George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Be pleased upon the receipt of this to order Colonel Malcoms and late Pattons Regiments to march as soon as possible to the Minisink settlement, and upon their arrival there to take their orders from General Hand, or the commanding officer. Their most expiditious route will be to New Windsor by water, and from thence across to Minisink, which is not more than 40 miles. When the corps march,...
79822To George Washington from Major General Alexander McDougall, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honor of addressing you yesterday. This will be on the Subject of Cloathing. Fearing those at Fish-Kill, might ⟨be⟩ damaged in the Transportation, I have ⟨ord⟩ered the whole to be unpacked, aired and ⟨repackt.⟩ The Labour was not lost. Many of the ⟨woolens⟩ were damp, and others damaged. Officers ⟨of the⟩ hospital, Commissaries of Issues, and ⟨the⟩ Ordnance Store; in short almost...
79823From George Washington to Major General Israel Putnam, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I was yesterday favd with yours of the 28th of March giving me information of such of the movements of the enemy as had come to your knowledge. The real design of their preparations upon the sound being as much a secret as when I wrote to you upon the 27th ulto, I can only repeat to you now what I thought most advisable then, which was, to keep the detachment of Continental troops at New...
79824To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have just received a letter by the return of my Express, without any signature , which, from the hand writing, the Seal and the Contents, I suppose to have come from your Excellency. However accidental it might be, it was rather a ludicrous Circumstance, that a letter without a name, should ⟨make⟩ its appearance on the first day of April—⟨anni⟩versary, which has from time immemorial, been...
79825To George Washington from Peter Scull, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have it in command from the Board to transmit your Excellency the inclosed extract of a Letter from Lt Colonel White of the Dragoons; and to request your Opinion on the propriety of arming the Regiment in the manner he points out. I have the honor to be Your Excellency’s Very hb. Serv. ALS , DLC:GW . Although Robert Hanson Harrison docketed the letter in part, “ansd 3,” GW actually replied...
79826General Orders, 2 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
William Nelnet a Corporal now in Captain Mott’s company of Colonel Lamb’s Regiment of Artillery is claimed by the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment—Two subalterns from each of said regiments, a Captain from the latter to preside, will meet next tuesday 11 ôClock at the Orderly-Office to inquire into the claim and report to which of right he belongs. The General Court Martial whereof Coll Butler was...
79827From George Washington to Maria Farmer, 2 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Were there no resolve of Congress, making it necessary to obtain the governors concurrence, when an inhabitant of any of the States is desirous to pass into the enemy’s lines—I should have been happy in complying with your request. But as there is such a resolution Governor Livingstons consent becomes a requisite, you will therefore be pleased to procure this, when, you shall have my immediate...
79828To George Washington from Brigadier General John Glover, 2 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I this day was Honor’d with your esteemed favor of the 11th Ulto inclosing a Resolve of Congress directing your Excellency to indulge me with a Furlough for such time as may be necessary to my private Affairs. This is what I did not expect, nor even Wish for, I flatter’d myself the Reasons offer’d for asking a Dismission were of such weight as would most assuredly have produced it. Thus...
79829From George Washington to John Jay, 2 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have had the Honor to receive Your Excellency’s two Favors of the 24th Ulto, with their Inclosures. I am much obliged by Your Excellency’s attention, in communicating the Act for supplying the Oneidas and Other friendly Indians with provision. Matters, in consequence, I flatter myself, will be so conducted, as not to disorder or injure our other arrangements in this Article. The Act...
79830To George Washington from Brigadier General William Maxwell, 2 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have now inclosed to Your Excellency Yesterdays New York paper. There has been much firing to day by the Shiping in the narrows supposed to be discharging the old loaded Canon of the Fleet, lately come in. Admiral Gambier’s own ship is come into the narrows. I believe there is not the least doubt, that the whole of the Vessels, and Troops, on the Expedition to the Eastward, is returned...