81To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 18 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have the honour of three of your Excellencys favours respecting the supplies furnished by this state agreeable to the Resolve of Congress of the twenty fifth of February. The number and distance at which these magazines are to be formed will I fear be found very difficult if not impracticable, as the Transportation (for which no provision is made by the Resolve of Congress) will in many...
82To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 23 May 1780 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Joseph Reed, 23 May 1780. On 28 May, GW wrote Reed: “I am much obliged to you for your favor of the 23d.”
83To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 5 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your kind & truly obliging Favour of the 28th Ult. came safely to Hand, & the oftner I peruse it the more fully sensible I am of the Justice & Importance of its Contents. I do not know by what Means the expected Assistance from France has been procured, but it will certainly give a Complexion to the Alliance in future accordi[n]g to the Reception it meets with here. I should be very...
84To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 20 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have received your favour of the sixteenth Instant directing the March of the City Light Horse, for which the necessary orders will be given and they will proceed with all possible dispatch Upon the new plan of our Militia there are Light Horse attached to the troops of every County The short time since the plan has been adopted has not permitted a thorough execution, but if your Excellency...
85To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 22 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellys Favour of the 19th Inst. requesting 250 Waggons from this State was duly received & Orders have issued accordingly. I fear the Collection of them considering the great Demand by Mr Cornay & other Causes will be more tedious than the Exigency of our Affairs will well admit. The Number of Waggons in this State is most amazingly diminished—the County of Lancaster which formerly...
86To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 15 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Philadelphia, 15 – 20 July 1780. “I must acknowledge & thank you most cordially for your truly friendly & valuable Letter of the 4th Instant. I consider it as an inestimable Mark of that Esteem, of which with a kind Allowance for human Frailty, I trust I am not altogether unworthy & which I shall ⟨be⟩ sollicitous to improve & preserve as adding Dignity & Value to my Life. I am sensible of the...
87To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 17 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
In pursuance of your Orders I am thus far on my Way with about 1200 of the Militia of the City, County of Philad: & Bucks those from the other Counties not having arrived but are by this Time on their Way. Every Expedient that could be used for dispatch has been adopted but the natural Slowness in their Movements, the necessary Equipment & other Provision has unavoidably consumed some Time....
88To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 21 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
On the 17 Inst. I did myself the Honour of writing to you from this Place informing of my being here with about 1200 Men, being the Militia of Philadelphia County, City & Bucks County. Having upon all Occasions accomodated the Board of War with any military Stores in Possession of the State & Times & Circumstances not admitting their being replaced, we were unavoidably delayed so that it was...
89To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 22 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Favour of the 20th Instant came to Hand this Afternoon & it gives me great Pleasure to find I have anticipated your Excellys Desires in almost every pa[r]ticular. I have encamp’d the Troops on the Banks of the Delaware, & drawn a very considerable Part of my Supplies from Bucks County, so as not to interfere with the Quota of the County to be furnished for the Army. Tho Col. Stewart did...
90To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 25 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Upon receiving your Favour of the 20th Instt I dispatch’d Orders to the Militia which had cross’d at Coryells Ferry to join me here & to halt the Militia of the back Counties till farther Orders: Being now so fully apprized of the real Situation of Things I shall endeavour in every Respect to make such Arrangements as to forward the Supplies & prevent unnecessary Consumption. A great Number of...