181George Washington to the Committee of Congress with the Army, 29 January 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge, January 29, 1778 .] Discusses proposed changes in military establishment. Submits...
182George Washington to William Livingston, 2 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 2, 1778. Discusses detection of plot to assassinate Livingston. Df , in...
183George Washington to Thomas Bond, 3 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 3, 1778 . Refuses Bond’s request that Bond’s father be permitted to visit...
184George Washington to Henry Champion, 7 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 7, 1778 . Discusses Army’s need for meat. Instructs Champion to...
185George Washington to Brigadier General John Nixon, 8 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 8, 1778 . Asks Nixon to send return of Connecticut troops to Jonathan...
186George Washington to Major General Israel Putnam, 8 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 8, 1778 . Asks Putnam to send return of Connecticut troops to Jonathan...
187George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Haskell, 13 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 13, 1778 . Orders Haskell to rejoin regiment. Df , in writing of H, George...
188George Washington to Colonel Morgan Lewis, 13 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 13, 1778 . Asks for a return of stores in Lewis’s department. Df , in...
189George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 14 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 14, 1778 . Regrets inability to “ratify” sentence of court-martial held...
190George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley, 14 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 14, 1778 . States that proceedings of the court-martial sent to...
191George Washington to George Clinton, 16 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 16, 1778 . Describes sufferings at Camp because of lack of food and...
192George Washington to Colonel Henry Hollingsworth, 16 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 16, 1778 . Asks Hollingsworth to aid Captain Henry Lee in securing...
193George Washington to William Livingston, 16 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 16, 1778 . Is sending Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman to Livingston...
194George Washington to Brigadier General John Lacey, 18 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February 18, 1778 . Suggests methods to stop communication between Philadelphia...
195George Washington to the Inhabitants of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, 18 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 18, 1778 . Asks inhabitants to supply cattle. Promises a “bountiful...
196George Washington to Patrick Henry, 19 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 19, 1778 . Describes distressing situation of Army. States that unless...
197George Washington to the Board of War, 21 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 21, 1778 . Asks that artillery at Farmington and Albany be forwarded to...
198George Washington to William Duer, 21 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 21, 1778 . Discusses impossibility of an enemy attack on Valley Forge. Df...
199George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 21 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 21, 1778 . Discusses disposal of the artillery at Albany and Farmington....
200George Washington to Brigadier General William Smallwood, 21 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 21, 1778 . Discusses method for obtaining shoes for Smallwood’s men....
201George Washington to William Livingston, 22 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 22, 1778 . Commends New Jersey’s efforts. States that a change of method...
202George Washington to the Board of War, 23 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 23, 1778 . Approves mode suggested to gain redress for Daniel Hiester....
203George Washington to Captain-Lieutenant Jonas Symonds, 24 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 24, 1778 . Instructs Symonds to obtain artillery from Captain Charles...
204George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 26 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 26, 1778 . Instructs Sullivan on methods, sources, and routes to be used...
205George Washington to Captain Stephen Chambers, 27 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 27, 1778 . Instructs Chambers to cut communications between Philadelphia...
206George Washington to James Mease, 27 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 27, 1778 . Instructs Mease to supply Major General Israel Putnam with...
207George Washington to Officers Sent to the Hospitals, 28 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 28, 1778 . Requests complete and accurate return of the hospitals,...
208George Washington to Captain-Lieutenant Jonas Symonds, 28 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 28, 1778 . Instructs Symonds to act under Brigadier General Anthony...
209George Washington to the Committee of Congress, 1 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] March 1, 1778 . States that inadequacies of armorer’s department will soon...
210General Officers Wanted and Proportioned to the Several States, February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] February, 1778 . Heading reads: “In the present arrangement of the Army, there...
211George Washington to the Pennsylvania Navy Board, 2 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, March 2, 1778 . Advises that the stores be removed from the galleys and the ships...
212George Washington to Major Warham Parks, 5 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] March 5, 1778 . Urges Parks to remain in service in spite of temporary...
213George Washington to Sir William Howe, 9 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] March 9, 1778 . Asks that meeting of commissioners for the exchange of prisoners...
214George Washington to Major General William Heath, 14 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, March 14, 1778 . Instructs Heath to demand liberation of Daniel Hiester and the...
215George Washington to Henry Laurens, 16 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, March 16, 1778 . States that command of Forts Montgomery and Clinton should be...
216George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 16 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, March 16, 1778 . Instructs McDougall to set up court of inquiry to investigate...
217George Washington to Sir William Howe, 22 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] March 22, 1778 . Demands exchange of Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Allen for...
218George Washington to Colonel David Forman, 25 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, March 25, 1778 . Orders Forman to leave salt works and join Colonel Israel Shreve’s...
219George Washington to William Livingston, 25 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, March 25, 1778 . Asks Livingston to have Mr. Jacob Bankson watched as a suspected...
220George Washington to Colonel Stephen Moylan, 25 March 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, March 25, 1778 . Orders transfer of horses to Iveham and Springfield if this will...
221Commission to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias … (Hamilton Papers)
By His Excellency, George Washington Esquire, General and Commander in Chief of all the Forces of...
222George Washington to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and … (Hamilton Papers)
The inclosed Resolutions of Congress came to my hand this instant, and as they are essentially...
223George Washington to Henry Laurens, 3 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge , April 3, 1778 . Recommends that Captain Henry Lee be promoted. Df , in writing of...
224Commission to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias … (Hamilton Papers)
By His Excellency George Washington Esquire General and Commander in chief of all the Forces of...
225George Washington to Sir William Howe, 4 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] April 4, 1778 . Discusses change of meeting place for commissioners from...
226George Washington to Mrs. Mary Pemberton, 5 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] April 5, 1778 . Cannot comply with Mrs. Pemberton’s request, but is forwarding...
227George Washington to Thomas Wharton, 5 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] April 5, 1778 . Encloses letter from Mary Pemberton. Has refused her request but...
228George Washington to the General Officers, 20 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Valley Forge ] April 20, 1778 . Lists three plans for next campaign, with possible modes of...
229George Washington to Major General John Armstrong, 24 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, April 24, 1778 . Invites Armstrong to council of war. Df , in writing of H, George...
230George Washington to George Clinton, 24 April 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, April 24, 1778 . States that a box of “hard” money taken from British at Princeton...