1To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 5–7 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
I do not hesitate a Moment to answer My Dear General’s Question in the Affirmative, by declaring that now or never, is the Time for Every Virtuous American to exert himself in the Cause of Liberty & his Country, and that it is become a Duty, cheerfully to sacrafice the Sweets of domestic Felicity to attain the Honest & Glorious End, America has in View, & I can with a good Conscience declare,...
5 January 1776. Resolution to supply the Continental Army with 4,000 blankets. M-Ar :207, p. 370–374. ( M-Ar :207, p. 370–374).
3Resolution concerning mittimus of sixteen named men to Worcester jail, 5 January 1776 (Adams Papers)
5 January 1776. Resolution concerning mittimus of sixteen named men to Worcester jail. M-Ar : 164, p. 231. printed : Naval Docs. Amer. Rev. William Bell Clark, William James Morgan (from vol. 5), and others, eds., Naval Documents of the American Revolution , Washington, 1964- , 3:631. ( M-Ar : 164, p. 231.) printed : ( Naval Docs. Amer. Rev. William Bell Clark, William James Morgan (from vol....
4Enclosure: Robert Treat Paine to James Warren, 5 January 1776 (Adams Papers)
I wrote you Last from Hackinsack, dated Nov. 15 that I had put my trunk on board a Waggon bound for Cambridge, and had directed it to your Care; this Letter I think I Sent by the Post, but the Waggon and Trunk never Sett off from Phila. By this means you are Saved any further trouble and I the burthen of any further Obligation to you. How far your malevolent disposition towards me, would have...
5General Orders, 5 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Majors of Brigade, to order the Adjutants to be exact, and punctual, in making their Weekly Returns of the Strenght of each regiment; Also a seperate Return of the Numbers inlisted in the course of last week, at Orderly time to morrow—The weekly Returns to be according to the Form lately sent by the Adjutant General. The Regimentals, which have been made up, and drawn for, may be delivered...
6To George Washington from Colonel Henry Knox, 5 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
I did myself the honor to address your Excellncy from Fort George on the 17 Ult.—I then was in hopes that we should have been able to have had the Cannon at Cambridge by this time the want of Snow detain’d us some days & now a cruel thaw, hinders from Crossing Hudsons River which we are oblig’d to do four times from Lake George to this Town—the first severe night will make the Ice on the river...
7To George Washington from Major General Charles Lee, 5 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
The consequences of the Enemy’s possessing themselves of New York have appear’d to me so terrible that I have scarcely been able to sleep from apprehensions on the subject—these apprehensions daily increase—You have it in your power at present to prevent this dreadfull event—if I do not mistake, the Congress have given you authority to take any step in that place as well as here which you...