25361From George Washington to the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council, 26 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with your letters of the 24th and 25th: to which I beg leave to defer a particular answer till another opportunity, which shall not be delayed. The present is barely to inform you, that the period appointed for the trial of Major General Arnold agreeable to the wish of Council is posponed to a later day, which will be notified in my next. I have the honor to be With great respect...
25362General Orders, 9 June 1782 (Washington Papers)
Some doubts having arisen respecting the nature and extent of Major General Heaths Command since the order of the 4th of April last, the General thinks proper to direct that all the troops in the state of New York at and below Fish Kill are to be considered as under the immediate orders of him or the senior Major General present, till the Army is drawn together and the order of Battle formed....
25363From George Washington to Robert Morris, 30 August 1783 (Washington Papers)
I take the earliest opportunity of informing you, that the Baron Steuben has returned from Canada without being able to accomplish any part of the business he had in charge. In consequence of which and of the late Season of the Year, I have judged it impossible to take possession of the Western Posts this fall and have ordered a Stop to be put to the movement of Troops and Stores and to the...
25364[Diary entry: 18 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
18 Mr. Boucher, his Wife & Sister came to Dinner. GW means Boucher’s unmarried sister Jane (1742–1794), who lived in her brother’s household ( BOUCHER [1] Jonathan Bouchier, ed. Reminiscences of an American Loyalist, 1738–1789: Being the Autobiography of The Revd Jonathan Boucher, Rector of Annapolis in Maryland and afterwards Vicar of Epsom, Surrey, England . Boston, 1925. , 200).
25365Cash Accounts, February 1768 (Washington Papers)
Cash Feby 14— To Ditto [cash] recd of Messrs Carlyle & Adam £75. 0.0 To Ditto of Mr Humphrey Peake 1.13.0 Contra Feby 10— By Alexander McKenzie—Taylors Acct 1. 6.0 13— By Mr Tomison Ellzey lent 10. 0.0 15— By Lund Washington 10. 0.0 16— By Mr Arrols Acct 4. 9.9
25366[Diary entry: 12 July 1770] (Washington Papers)
12. Rid to my Harvest field at Muddy hole. Upon my return to Dinner found Mrs. Ambler & her daughter here who dind & went away afterwards. Mary Cary Ambler (1732/33–1781) of Jamestown was a younger sister of Sally Fairfax and the widow of Edward Ambler (1732–1768). Mrs. Ambler and her daughter Sarah (1760–1782) were at this time visiting the Fairfaxes at Belvoir ( cary Wilson Miles Cary....
25367From George Washington to the Board of War, 16 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with your two favors of the 12th Instant. If the provisions and stores, which are in the Southern States, can be transported by water, it will without question be infinitely more eligible, than the present mode of conveyance, which is and must be attended with great delay and vast expence. The vessels to be employed in this business, I should suppose, ought to be small and...
25368General Orders, 11 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Court of enquiry of which Lord Stirling is president, now sitting at the president’s quarters, is to inquire into the charge against Brigadier General Wayne—viz: “That he had timely notice of the enemy’s intention to attack the troops under his command on the night of the 20th Ult: and notwithstanding that intelligence, he neglected making a disposition until it was too late either to...
25369[Diary entry: 20 March 1772] (Washington Papers)
20. Dined at Mrs. Amblers and Spent the Evening at Southalls. Mary Cary Ambler had a town house in Williamsburg, where GW apparently dined with her on this day, but her principal residence was at her plantation about seven miles away on Jamestown Island.
25370From George Washington to General Henry Clinton, 14 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
You will herewith find a passport for the safe conveyance of the money and necessaries for the use of the troops of Convention, which your Excellency requested in your letter of the 8th instant. I inclose the within letter at the desire of Mrs Harnage. I have the honor to be your Excellency’s most obt servt LS , in James McHenry’s writing, P.R.O. : 30/55, Carleton Papers; Df , DLC:GW ; Varick...