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Your Excellency will receive herewith enclosed, an Ordinance for establishing Courts for the...
Since I received the enclosed I am just informed by an officer at Burwells ferry, that there are...
Just now I received Your Excellency’s Letter, which gave me a great deal of Satisfaction. Since...
I send you herewith a state of the militia required to come into the feild in which is not...
I am favored with your Excellency’s Letter of this Date. Colonel Innes informs me of some Vessels...
We have received advice this morning that the enemy were in motion up James river in eleven...
There are four Ships now in sight of this post cuming up the river and a small scuner. I believe...
The Vesells which ware bound up Jas. River are now at Anchore off the mouth of Peggen [Pagan]...
We are so exceedingly anxious to get the work at Hoods complete that we will make the proposition...
Your letter desiring a warrant for £100,000 was handed in to the Council chamber and the warrant...
I was honoured yesterday with your Excellency’s Favour inclosing the Resolutions of Congress of...
Philadelphia, 18 Apr. 1781 . Encloses a resolution of Congress stating that Col. [William] Davies...
I have this Moment received by Express from Captain Kelly, stationed a little above Newport News,...
Since writing to you this afternoon at four o’Clocke I have received the inclosed Intelligence...
I beg leave through you to return my most grateful thanks to the American Philosophical society...
Agreable to your request I have endeavoured as far forth as lay in my power to comply therewith....
Your favour of the 13th. desiring a suspension of the Act for raising new levies has been duly...
I have had the pleasure to receive your Excellency’s favor of March 27. and am to return you our...
Your Excelency will I hope easily pardon this intrusion, when you are acquainted, it is the pen...
Inclos’d you will recieve sundry Letters and Copys for your perusal, a Copy of the proceedings of...
I am glad to learn from the Letter of General Greene, a Copy of which Your Excellency did me the...
Within a few weeks Past Genl. Green has sent into this County several Parties of Brittish...
We are sorry it is not in our power to send you the Commissions desired for two Sets of Field...
Your favour of the 10th inst. has come duly to hand. At the time we desired to set on foot the...
I Have the Honor to inform Your Excellency that the detachement Under My orders is on its Way to...
I have been honoured with your Excellency’s letter proposing the actual extension of our mutual...
Major Mitchell will present to your Excellency a List of the Men now with Genl. Muhlenberg and...
The inclosed resolution of Congress answers your Excellency’s letter of the 26th ulto., relating...
Before the Receipt of your Favour of the 11th. Major General Baron Steuben had through Colo. Senf...
The Clothing to be furnished from the several Counties was by a general regulation to be...
I Make No Doubt but you have heard the Determination of Congress with respect to the Convention...
Your favor of the 12th. instant has come to hand. Mr. Brown [John Browne] has orders on the...
I am exceedingly sorry that the Public situation has laid us under the cruel necessity of calling...
The badness of the weather has prevented my return to Richmond today. I am, however, so firmly...
About the first of January last Commissions were delivered me, one appointing me Colonel of the...
The day is so very bad that I hardly expect a council, and there being nothing that I know of...
The Alliance of the American States being now compleated by the assent of the State of Maryland...
We are very sorry that it is out of our power to furnish you with cartridge paper and lead. The...
The inclosed paper is a copy of a report from a Committee now lying on the table of Congress for...
I have duly received the letter of the 7th inst. from Mr. Constable written by Command from you...
Cumberland County, 16 Apr. 1781 . Skipwith’s neighbor, John Chapman of Amelia co., proposes to...
Being informed you have a much larger supply of oil than will shortly be necessary for your works...
Philadelphia, 15 Apr. 1781 . Encloses a resolve of Congress of 13 Apr. “directing the Commander...
Richmond, 15 Apr. 1781 . The bearer, George Nicolson, “is engaged to go the Northward to try and...
I have already appointed Mr. Robinson Deputy Commissary Issues and hope that Department will soon...
I had the honor to receive from his Excellency the Governor of this state an extract from your...
Lancaster County, 15 Apr. 1781 . Encloses “a list of the number of Men raised in this County for...
Your letter of the 24 Decr. as also that of the 19th Jany. last inclosing sundry papers came safe...
The Inhabitants of Fayette County have been so harrassed this Spring by the Indians that I was...
I inclose to your Excellency an Extract of a letter which I have just received from Captain...