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12 December 1781
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Moses Rawlings re: moving British POW's to Lancaster & Philadelphia
Washington also mentions allowing foreigners to stay in frontier towns.
GLC04566
24 September 1780
Varick, Richard (1753-1831)
to Dirck Romeyn
Says his he spent all of the previous night on "public letters" which now occupy all his time, and must be brief. Says Luzerne stopped with them on his way to meet Rochambeau, Ternay, and Lafayette. This would be the Frenchmen's first meeting with...
GLC03265
24 December 1776
Whipple, William (1730-1785)
to John Langdon
Written by New Hampshire Continental Congressman Whipple, a Declaration of Independence signer, to Langdon agent for Continental prizes and superintendent of the construction of several ships of war. Langdon had resigned his Congressional seat in...
GLC03269
25 July 1778
Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801)
to unknown
Mentions that business and ill health have kept him from writing. Congratulates him on the arrival of the French fleet and the minister. Informs that the fleet has gone to Rhode Island. Addressed to "Dear General." Washington is suggested as a...
GLC03302
20 June 1780
to William Livingston
States he had already received the intelligence Livingston sent to him. Not aware if the fleet brought with it either troops or Henry Clinton. Notes "The Enemy remain in the same position upon the point." Signed as Commander in Chief of American...
GLC03343
22 July 1777
to Stephen Moylan
Written by General Washington to Colonel Moylan as commander of the First Pennsylvania dragoons. References Moylan's letter of 21 July 1777. Encloses a letter he asks Moylan to forward to General David Forman (known by the nickname of " Black David"...
GLC03353
24 December 1781
Johnson, J. (fl. 1782)
The Salisbury and Winchester Journal [Monday, December 24, 1781]
Includes news related to the Battle of Yorktown. Publishes a letter from Lord Cornwallis to Henry Clinton dated 20 October 1781, in which Cornwallis announced his defeat. Prints several items of correspondence between Cornwallis and George Washington...
GLC03517
23 September 1777
to John Hazelwood
As commander-in-chief, sending confidential orders to Commodore John Hazelwood, introducing Captain Samuel Treat, who is delivering "a message of so interesting and important a nature, that I thought it unadviseable to commit it to writing.…" Per...
GLC09378
27 May 1782
Hazen, Moses (1733-1803)
to Benjamin Lincoln
Written by Hazen as commander of prisoners at Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the Huddy-Asgill Affair to Lincoln as Secretary of War. References letters of General Washington from 4 and 18 May 1782, which he received on 25 May 1782. Writes that lots...
GLC01147
9 July 1778
to Francis Barber
Addressed to Barber in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he was recovering from a wound received at the Battle of Monmouth. Instructs Barber to obtain intelligence on the British movements across the Hudson river in New York while in New Jersey....
GLC01201
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