1From George Washington to the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, 4 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
Your publick Capacity, & the Hope that you will be both able & willing, to give us some Assistance, has led me to make this Application. The Situation of the Army, as to Ammunition, is by no Means what it ought to be. We have great Reason to suspect, the Enemy very soon intend to bombard our Lines; & our Stock of Powder is so small, as in a great Degree to make our heavy Artillery useless. I...
2To George Washington from the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, 11 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
The Committee of Safety for the Town of Portsmouth have represented to us that the Ship Prince George Capt. Richard Emms Master from Bristol bound to Boston with Provisions for the Army there, is now in their Port & in their Custody, that they had represented the Matter to your Excellency, & that You had desired the whole Cargo might be forwarded to the Army under Your Command —This Colony...
3From George Washington to the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, 15 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
I was yesterday favoured with yours of the 11th Instt wherein the Necessities of the Town of Portsmouth & the Garrison there for some Part of the late Capture of Flour are represented. Had I known their Situation, I should have made the Application unnecessary by directing Mr Moylan on the Subject. They have my chearful Consent to take what is necessary, but perhaps somewhat less than 600...
4To George Washington from the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, 18 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
We have the Honr to acknowledge the Receipt of Yrs of the 15th Inst. & are deeply Sensible of Your Benevolence towards the Inhabitants of Portsmouth. We have consulted the Committee of that Town & concluded to forward the whole Cargo except four hundred Barrels. A Person of Integrity is appointed to weigh off & take an Account of the whole Cargo, to sell three hundred barrels thereof to the...
5To George Washington from the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, 21–22 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Committee had the Honour to receive yours of the 23d Ulto. And are very Sensible of the great Dificulty’s you have been reduced to for want of a Regular Army. And at the Same time are Agreably surprized with the Glorious Stand you have made with so few men, and many of those wholly undisiplined. The Officers appointed for the new Army, have but lately come home, and without money to pay...