91To George Washington from Major General Steuben, 14 February 1780 (Washington Papers)
The Day before I had the honor of receiving Your Excellency’s Letter of the 8th instant, I had sent you a Copy of the Resolutions of Congress, wherein was the number of Men which each state is to furnish for next Campaign If, as I hope, the Officers are not included, & if the Number of Men to be Employed out of the Line of Battalions, does not Exceed the proportion, our Army will be...
92To George Washington from Major General Steuben, 8 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have waited a moments leisure from the hurry & confusion of these eight days past to give Your Excellency a Detail of the Enemies Movements in this State. So early as the 31st of Decembr the Governor informed me of a Fleet of 27 Sail having arrived at Willoby point, in Consequence of which I immediately dispatched Col. Senf, & one of my Aids de Camp, down the south side of the River to...
93To George Washington from Major General Steuben, with enclosure, 15 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
Since the Departure of the last Letter I had the honor to write You, I have not in the least advanced in the Affairs which I had proposed to see brought to a Conclusion. Before it is known whether the Number of Regiments is to be preserved or whether an Incorporation is to take place, it is impossible to make any Calculations for the formation. I have exerted all the means in my Power to...
94Enclosure: List of Returns Requested by the Board of War, January 1780 (Washington Papers)
The following Returns are to be sent immediately to the Board of War. Infantry 1. a General Return of the Number of Serjeants, Privates & Drummers & fifers whose times of Enlistment will expire by the first of July next Regimentally digested. 2d A like Return of the men employed out of the Regts as in the Commanders in Chiefs Guard, Waiters on Officers who are absent from their Regiments and...