25351From George Washington to a Board of General Officers, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I transmit you herewith three Papers—indorsed No. 1. 2 & 3, which I apprehend will be necessary for your consideration in the cases of rank, that will be before you to day, agreable to the Orders of yesterday. The paper No. 1, and the paragraphs 1 & 7 in that indorsed No. 3—are proceedings of Congress. No. 2 is the opinion of a Board in a case that happened between the two periods when the...
25352To George Washington from a Board of General Officers, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
The board of General Officers to whom your Excellency referr’d the settlement of the rank of Majors Mentges, Murray, & Nicholls, beg leave to report. That from an examination of the parties it appears, That the Committee of Arrangement from Congress at White plains assisted by B. G. Wayne did arrange the above Gentlemen as follows Viz. Mentges Murray Nicholls That it also appears by a...
25353To George Washington from the Board of War, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
The Board have agreed upon the enclosed Regulations for the Engineering Department in Addition to those made by Congress & in Consequence of their Orders. We have the Honour of enclosing a Copy of them to your Excellency previous to their being printed that if any Additions are to be made the whole may be struck off together. We thought it best to leave the Points of travelling Charges &...
25354From George Washington to Colonel Zebulon Butler, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received your letter, comprehending the transactions at your post from the 23d to the 28th Ulto. Considering the importance of the place I have ordered up the German regiment, Armands and Schotts corps, as a reinforcement. therefore You will take the necessary precautions for their barracks—and give proper notice to the commissaries to increase or proportion their supply to your numbers. I...
25355From George Washington to Brigadier General Edward Hand, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Since mine of the 24th I have recd a letter from Colo. Butler dated the 28th March, by which I find, that a Body of the enemy, consisting of Indians and others, had made their appearance at Wyoming, and had destroyed several Houses and Barns in the neighbourhood, but had been unsuccessful in their attempt upon the fort —This indication of the enemy’s being in motion upon that quarter makes me...
25356From George Washington to Major General Alexander McDougall, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Be pleased upon the receipt of this to order Colonel Malcoms and late Pattons Regiments to march as soon as possible to the Minisink settlement, and upon their arrival there to take their orders from General Hand, or the commanding officer. Their most expiditious route will be to New Windsor by water, and from thence across to Minisink, which is not more than 40 miles. When the corps march,...
25357To George Washington from Major General Alexander McDougall, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honor of addressing you yesterday. This will be on the Subject of Cloathing. Fearing those at Fish-Kill, might ⟨be⟩ damaged in the Transportation, I have ⟨ord⟩ered the whole to be unpacked, aired and ⟨repackt.⟩ The Labour was not lost. Many of the ⟨woolens⟩ were damp, and others damaged. Officers ⟨of the⟩ hospital, Commissaries of Issues, and ⟨the⟩ Ordnance Store; in short almost...
25358From George Washington to Major General Israel Putnam, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I was yesterday favd with yours of the 28th of March giving me information of such of the movements of the enemy as had come to your knowledge. The real design of their preparations upon the sound being as much a secret as when I wrote to you upon the 27th ulto, I can only repeat to you now what I thought most advisable then, which was, to keep the detachment of Continental troops at New...
25359To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have just received a letter by the return of my Express, without any signature , which, from the hand writing, the Seal and the Contents, I suppose to have come from your Excellency. However accidental it might be, it was rather a ludicrous Circumstance, that a letter without a name, should ⟨make⟩ its appearance on the first day of April—⟨anni⟩versary, which has from time immemorial, been...
25360To George Washington from Peter Scull, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have it in command from the Board to transmit your Excellency the inclosed extract of a Letter from Lt Colonel White of the Dragoons; and to request your Opinion on the propriety of arming the Regiment in the manner he points out. I have the honor to be Your Excellency’s Very hb. Serv. ALS , DLC:GW . Although Robert Hanson Harrison docketed the letter in part, “ansd 3,” GW actually replied...