21From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 11 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
Within these few days I have seen Printed Copies of—"A Remonstrance of the Council of the State of Vermont, against the Resolutions of Congress of the 5th of December"—addressed to Your Excellency; in which are several quotations from a letter of mine. Duty as well as inclination prompts me to lay before Congress the whole of that letter; and the one to which it was an answer. If it should be...
22From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 26 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am sorry to have to acquaint your Excellency, for the information of Congress, that a project which I had formed for attacking The Enemys Post at Oswego, so soon as the Sleighing should be good, and the Ice of the Oneida Lake should have acquired sufficient thickness to admit the passage of the Detachment, has miscarried. The report of Colol Willet, to whom I had intrusted the Command of the...
23From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 7 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
Repeated Applications have been made to me, in favor of Major Villefranche and Capt. Lt Enfant, of the Corps of Engineers, for their individual promotions; and being again pressed upon me, by Major Genl Duportail, I take the Liberty, thro your Excellency, to submit to Congress, whether some general principles of promotion, applicable to this Corps, as well as others in the Army, might not be...
24From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 7 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
While Applications are making in favor of others, I cannot refrain from mentioning to Congress, the Case of Colo. Armand, with respect to promotion—Justice to that Gentleman, obliges me to express the Esteem I have of him, as an intelligent, active & very deserving Officer—one who has been zealous in the Service of the United States, and who, I am persuaded, has expended considerable Sums for...
25From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 12 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
It is with inexpressible concern, I make the followg Report to your Excellency. Two Days ago, anonymous papers were circulated in the Army, requesting a general Meeting of the Officers on the next Day—A Copy of one of these papers is inclosed—No. 1. About the same Time, another anonymous paper purporting to be an Address to the Officers of the Army, was handed about in a clandestine manner: a...
26From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 16 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor to inform your Excellency, for the satisfaction of Congress, that the Meeting of the Officers, which was mentioned in my last, has been held Yesterday: and that it has terminated in a manner, which I had reason to expect, from a knowledge of that good Sense & steady Patriotism of the Gentlemen of the Army, which, on frequent Occasions, I have discovered. The Report of the...
27From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 18 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
The result of the proceedings of the grand Convention of the Officers, which I have the honor of enclosing to your Excellency for the inspection of Congress, will, I flatter myself, be considered as the last glorious proof of Patriotism which will have been given by Men who aspired to the distinction of a patriot Army; and will not only confirm their claim to the justice, but will encrease...
28From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 19 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge your Excellency’s favor of the 12th inst. and to thank you most sincerely for the Intelligence you was pleased to communicate. The Articles of Treaty between America & Great Britain, are as full & satisfactory, as we have reason to expect—but from the connection in which they stand, with a general pacification, they are very inconclusive & contingent: from this...
29From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 21 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor to transmit to Congress, a Copy of a joint Letter from Sir Guy Carleton and Admiral Digby to me, which accompanied the enclosed Treaty signed at Paris the 30th of Novemr which I take the earliest opportunity to forward, agreeable to their Desire. With the highest Esteem & Respect I have the Honor to be, Sir, Your Excellencys Most Obedient and Most humble Servant DNA : Item...
30From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 23 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
In a letter which I have lately received from the Marquis de la Fayette, he expresses a wish that my sentiments respecting his absence may be communicated to Congress. To comply with his desire, and not because I conceive the testimony of my approbation of it is wanting, I give your Excellency the trouble of this Letter. Congress have had too many unequivocal proofs of the Zeal—the attachment...