1From George Washington to Samuel Tucker, 24 April 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Readiness shewn by the Committee of safety for the Province of New Jersey to succour this Place with their Millitia on a late Occasion when they were at my Request called upon by Brigadier General The Earl of Stirling and the Alacrity with which I am Informed the Millitia then stepped forward in Defence of their Country are Sufficient Proofs of the Important Service the province of New...
2To George Washington from Samuel Tucker, 18 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
I am to acknowledge Your favor of the 24th ultimo then ask pardon for not answering Sooner, at Same Time Take the Liberty to Inform you that our Committee of Safety only Came into the following Regulation on the 15th Instant that one fourth of the militia of the Several Counties be Detacht by Lott to Stand as minute men for Two months to be well armed an[d] accoutered to march at a minutes...
3To George Washington from Samuel Tucker, 11 June 1776 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with your favor of yesterday ⅌ Express and you may Reley on my Doing Every thing in my Power to Carry the Resolutions of the Honble Congress into Effect with that Expedition you so Earnestly Press as Soon as a Sufficient number of our members are got Together which I have the greatest Reason to beleive will be at three oClock this afternoon—we met Last Evening and this Morning...
4From George Washington to Samuel Tucker, 21 July 1776 (Washington Papers)
As we have the strongest reason to beleive the period is just at Hand or will soon be, when we shall have the most pressing occasion for Troops successfully to oppose and defeat the formidable Army we expect against us, I confess I feel myself not a little concerned for the slow manner in which the Levies come in that were required by Congress, and which will be essential to counteract the...
5From George Washington to Samuel Tucker, 7 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
I have received repeated informations that a Number of persons known to be inimical to the Cause of the American States, or of a Suspicious Character have lately removed from this and other Places into the County of Monmouth in New Jersey, with intent no doubt from its Situation, of Communicating with and Aiding our Enemies: All those of Similar Characters on Long Island and the Other Counties...
6To George Washington from Samuel Tucker, 1 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
Boston, 1 October 1790. Understanding that a number of federal cutters will be built for the service of the United States, offers himself as a candidate to serve in one, if he is thought worthy after an inquiry into his character. “I serv’d through the whole of the Late War without any kind of Impeachment, as a Captain.” ALS , DLC:GW . Samuel Tucker (1747–1833), son of Marblehead, Mass.,...