22641From George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, 6 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
As the Gentlemen who are now remaining of my family, propose to honor me with their Company to my Ho. in Virginia & will of course need a little of their Pay, you would oblige both them & me, if you could devise a method by which three or four Months of it could be obtained. I am Dr Sir Yr Most Obed. & Affe Servt DLC : Papers of George Washington.
22642From George Washington to François Barbé de Marbois, 7 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
Mr Frondeville President of the Parliament of Normandy has transmitted me the enclosed Letter, with a desire that I would convey it to Mr Lambert—I have some reason to suppose that Gentleman to be at Philadelphia, and shall be much obliged to you to inform me whether I may assure Mr frondeville of the letter being delivered to its address. With much Regard I am Sir Your very Obedt Servt AAE :...
22643From George Washington to Frederick Frelinghuysen, 7 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
I thank you for the polite attention you pay to me in your address and for the affectionate anxiety you Express for my happiness. With a heart deeply impressed by the happy issue of a long and painfull contest I most cordially participate with you in the general Joy and Earnestly join my wishes with yours for the future properity and happiness of our Country. The repeated proofs of unabated...
22644From George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, 8 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am favored with your Letter of yesterday respecting Mr Taulman of the Sappers & Miners. I am not able to give any possitive opinion whether or not that Gentleman is entitled to the Commission he sollicits—the very small number of Men in the Corps renderd it not necessary to fill any Vacancies in the Officers—his claim therefore, must rest on what has been the practice in the Corps in Similar...
22645From George Washington to Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron [von] Steuben, 8 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have been favored with your two Letters, the former inclosing sundry Discharges which were signed and returned to you immediately—the latter inclosing a Certificate for Jno. Sloan which is now returned with my certificate of his being entitled to the Pension. I will request Genl Lincoln to take measures for having those Invalids who are to go to West Point conveyed thither by water—this may...
22646From George Washington to Bezaleel Howe, 9 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
You will take charge of the Waggons which contain my baggage; and with the Escort proceed with them to Virginia, and deliver the baggage at my house—ten Miles below Alexandria. As you know they contain all my Papers which are of immense value to me, I am sure it is unnecessary to request your particular attention to them—but as you will have several ferries to pass and some of them wide...
22647From George Washington to John Mauritius Goetschius, 10 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
I participate most sincerely in the joy you express at the conclusion of the War, and the re-establishment of the blessings of Peace. Persuaded of the rectitude of our cause, and relying on the divine aid for its success, I accepted an ardious employment, the event has justified my most enlarged expectation; and if to the conciousness of having attempted faithfully to discharge my duty, I may...
22648From George Washington to Peter Zabriskie, 10 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
Your affectionate congratulations on the happy conclusion of the War, and the glorious prospect now opening to this extensive Country, cannot but be extremely satisfactory to me. Having shared in common, the hardships and dangers of the War with my virtuous Fellow Citizens in the Field, as well as with those who on the Lines have been immediately exposed to the Arts and Arms of the Enemy, I...
22649From George Washington to Guy Carleton, 14 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
I had the honor, Yesterday, to receive by Majr Beckwith your Excellencys favor of the 12th—To day, I will see the Governor of this State, and make concert with him the necessary arrangements for taking Possession of the City of New York & other Posts mentioned in your letter at the times therein specified—for the information of which you will please to accept my thanks. I have the honor to be...
22650From George Washington to George Clinton, 15 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
By this Express, your Excellency will receive the requests of the Pay Master and Quarter Master, Generals, for the Loan of One thousand Dollars each, to enable them to supply the present necessities of the Army—if the terms of their proposals are agreeable, I should be very happy in your Excellency’s compliance with their requests. I have the honor to be Your Excellency’s Most Obedt Servant...