11To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 30 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
Immediately after the Rect of your Excellency’s favour containing instructions to fill up our Regt in the Absence of Col. Sheldon, who was then on Commd, I furnished the Officers with Recruiting orders agreeable to the tenor of your own. The nature of our Duty on this Post has been such that no Officers have been sent out of Camp on the Recruiting Service; Nevertheless as we have occasionally...
12To George Washington from Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 30 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I took the Liberty to mention to you yesterday the expediency of having two more pieces of artillery added to the Light Corps—I could wish for two Light [field pieces] or Grass Hoppers which with the two we now have under Capt. Pendleton —will be sufficient to give Confidence to our own people & some degree of Apprehension to our Enemy—for altho’ I have but Little Opinion of the Execution done...
13From Benjamin Franklin to James Cuming, 30 September 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 22d. Inst. Several Parcels or Packets have lately come to my hands from Mr. Lovel Sent by different Vessels and I make no doubt but those you mention were among them. If the Bills you write about were originally drawn in favour of Mr. Thorp, his Letter to you relating to them may perhaps be nearly...
14From Benjamin Franklin to James Lovell, 30 September 1779 (Franklin Papers)
LS : National Archives; copies: National Archives, Library of Congress; transcript: National Archives I have within these few Days received a Number of Dispatches from you which have arrived by the Mercury and other Vessels. Hearing but this Instant of an Opportunity from Bordeaux, and that the Courier Sets out from Versailles at 5 this Evening, I embrace it just to let you know that I have...
15George Washington to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, 30 September 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
West Point, September 30, 1779. Regrets that permission cannot be granted to Lady Mary Stirling to visit her friends. Df , in writings of George Washington and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Lady Mary Stirling, the wife of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, was the sister of William Alexander, Lord Stirling.
16From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 30 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with your Excellency’s favors of the 22d and 23d instants, with the Resolves to which they refer. In obedience to the latter, I have put the North Carolina Regiments under march by the shortest Route to South Carolina. I yesterday received the inclosed intelligence—it is said “to be obtained from a public Office which has the best opportunity of determining the numbers, the...
17George Washington to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 30 September 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
[ West Point ] September 30, 1779 . Has referred Wayne’s request for two light field pieces to Brigadier General Henry Knox. Describes how the boats under Wayne’s jurisdiction should be distributed. LS , in writing of H, George Washington Photostats, Library of Congress.
18From George Washington to George Geddes, 30 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
Your obliging favor of the 22d Instt accompanying the present of a pair of very elegant Pistols came to my hands yesterday. accept Sir my thanks for this testimony of your polite attention—and be assured that I am Yr Most Obedt & obliged Servt ADfS , DLC:GW ; Varick transcript , DLC:GW . George Geddes (Geddis), a privateer captain of Philadelphia, commanded the 16-gun brig Holker and recently...
19From George Washington to Major General Lafayette, 30 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
A few days ago I wrote you a letter in much haste. the cause a sudden notification of Monsr Gerards having changed the place of his embarkation from Boston (as was expected) to Philadelphia, & the hurry Monsir de la Colombe was in to reach the latter before the Minister should have left it. Since that, I have been honourd with the company of the Chevr de la Luzerne, & by him was favourd with...
20To George Washington from John Sullivan, 30 Sept. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from John Sullivan, 30 Sept. 1779. On 8 Oct., GW wrote Sullivan: “I have had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 28th ulto from Chemung and 30th from Tioga.”