61To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 23 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with your favour of the 12th Instant, It gives me great Satisfaction to find that the Plan we have adopted for Supplying the new Army with necessaries meets with your approbation. I fully agree with you in Sentiment as to the Importance of having a Sufficient regular force in the Spring—am Informed the Inlistments for that purpose in the Corpse under General Spencer is in danger...
62To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 28 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
The General Assembly of this State at their last session in novemr last ordered four Battalions to be raised in this State, to march and be stationed as part of the Continental Army and to serve untill the 15th of march while our Quota of sd army is filling up. Considerable progress is made therein, but fearing there would not a sufficient number of them arrive in season and before the term of...
63To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 12 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
This will be delivered you by Lt Fellows who comes to Obtain the Release of his Brother Capt. Amos Fellows now held in Close Prison in New York upon Suspicion of being concern’d in the burning of that City—he is a Militia Captain in Col. Chapmans Regiment & taken in the Retreat out of New York, & has suffered much during his Confinment. I could wish every reasonable consistent measure might be...
64To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 14 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your several Favors of the 12th 14th 16th and 21st Decemr since which the agreable Intelligence of a series of Signal Successes which has attended you in the Jersies affords the most animating Hopes & Prospects; upon which Events we most heartily Congratulate you; and trust that Heaven will still continue to succeed & bless our Exertions & enable you to...
65To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 23 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
I most sincerely congratulate you upon the happy Success which has lately attended your Arms, which I have the pleasure to be informed of by your favour of the 10th Instant which came to Hand by Colo. Stewart this Afternoon. I have not yet heard of any Money sent into this State by Congress to pay the Bounty to the new inlisted Troops, some small part of the 150,000 Dollars sent to Peeks Kill...
66To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 1 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
I this minute recd Your Favors of the 24th ulto & note the Contents, but have not Time to be very particular in my Answer at this Time, I most fully agree with You in the Importance of raising & furnishing the new Army, & wish it was in my power to do more than I can to forward it, nothing is wanting that I can, & some Progress is made therein & I hope soon to give You a more agreable Account....
67To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 7 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
I inclose You a Copy of a Letter from Majr Genll Schuyler just recd expressing his strong apprehentions of an attack on Tyconderoga, & pressing me to send forward Troops &c. He has doubtless informed your Excellency of the situation of Affairs in that quarter. were the Quota of this State raised I shod not consider my Self properly authorized to order their march but according to your mind &...
68To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 21 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with yours of the first Instant and altho it would have made me very happy to have been able to procure a release of all our Officers in Captivity, I freely acknowlege and acquiesce in the Justice and Impartiality of the Measures You have taken respecting them. We have now granted to our Proportion of the sixteen Battallions the additional Bounty of Thirty three Dollars and one...
69To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 24 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
I am now to acknowledge the Receipt of your several Favours of the 31st ulto and the first, sixth, ninth Tenth and eleventh Instant, also of sixty Thousand Dollars of which I have forwarded Twenty Thousand to General Knox agreable to your Request, the remaining Forty Thousand I shall divide out to the Colonels of our Battallions as needed, having regard to the Sums they have already received...
70To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 25 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with yours of the sixth Instant and observe the Contents, we are under great, and, I fear, insurmountable Difficulties with respect to procuring Arms for the Continental Troops raising in this State, altho all persons capable have been employed near two Years in manufacturing them. many of our best Arms were stopd last Year at Roxbury, and at the End of both Campaigns at the...