Brigadier General David Waterbury to George Washington, 14 June 1781

From Brigadier General David Waterbury

Stamford [Conn.] June 14th 1781

Sir

I received your Excellency’s Letter of the 12th ult. this morning, and agreeable to your Orders will transmit your Excellency a Return of the Troops under my Command as soon as it can be made out;1 but as the Troops under my Command extend upon the Sea Coast from Greenwich to New Haven2 I expect it will be two or Three days before I can get a Return of the Troops but as soon as I can get it I shall immediately transmit it to your Excellency by Express3—The Orders which I shall receive from your Excellency from time to time, shall be observed with the greatest attention—I would inform your Excellency that since I wrote last to General Howe,4 there has been a Party of the Enemy out consisting of about 400 and I am informed they have done some damage in the State of New York.5 am with esteem your Excellency’s most Obedt Humble Servt

David Waterbury

ALS, DLC:GW. GW’s aide-de-camp David Humphreys docketed the letter: “Ansr only.”

1. Waterbury presumably means GW’s letter to him dated 13 June.

2. For the extent of Waterbury’s command, see Conn. Public Records description begins The Public Records of the State of Connecticut … with the Journal of the Council of Safety … and an Appendix. 23 vols. to date. Hartford, 1894–. description ends , 3:351.

3. Waterbury enclosed a return when he wrote GW on 19 June.

4. For Waterbury’s letter, see Howe to GW, 12 June, n.1.

5. New York militia major Nathaniel Delavan wrote New York governor George Clinton from the Middle Patent, Westchester County, N.Y., on 18 June that Lt. Col. James De Lancey’s Loyalist corps had been “continualy out bating & barking” for “the week past” (Hastings and Holden, Clinton Papers description begins Hugh Hastings and J. A. Holden, eds. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777–1795, 1801–1804. 10 vols. 1899–1914. Reprint. New York, 1973. description ends , 7:30).

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Title: Brigadier General David Waterbury to George Washington, 14 June 1781
Author: Waterbury, David
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 14 June 1781

Reference

Cite as: “Brigadier General David Waterbury to George Washington, 14 June 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-32-02-0345. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 32, 6 May–4 July 1781, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, pp. 445–446.]

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