411To George Washington from George Clinton, 28 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
On my arrival at this place, the letters, of which the enclosed are Copies, were deliverd me. If the accounts contained in them are true, and they appear too well authenticated to admit of Doubt, our frontier Settlements especially—those of Albany and Tryon Counties, if nothing farther is to be apprehended, will be greatly exposed to the Ravages of the Enemy. From Genl Ten Broecks Letter your...
412To George Washington from George Clinton, 12 September 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Friends of Major Hatfield (who last year belonged to General Scott’s Brigade in our Army and was taken by the Enemy on Montresure’s Island, and is now a Prisoner with them) inform me that when your Excellency was in the Clove Mrs Hatfield (the Majors Wife) obtained your Permission to visit her Husband at Newyork and was conducted by a Flag from Elizabeth Town to Staten Island for that...