11From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 28 November 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowlege your Favor of the 6th instant— and to thank your Excellency with great Sincerity for the very cordial and affectionate Congratulations which you are pleased to express on our late Success in Virginia. I must earnestly hope that this Event may be productive of all those happy Consequences which your Excellency mentions; and I think that its good Effects cannot...
12From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 16 August 1781 (Washington Papers)
It being of the utmost importance that a quantity of salted Provision, not less than 1000 Barrels should be immediately shipped from Connecticut River to Rhode Island—The Quarter Master General has dispatched Mr Mix an Officer in his Department (who will have the honor of delivering this Letter to your Excellency) to see that business carried instantly into execution. I pray Your Excellency...
13From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 3 August 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with your Excellency’s Favor of the 31st ulto—I most ardently wish that your Orders for reinforcing & supplying the Army, may be carried into Execution with a Zeal & Ardor equal to that with which, I am persuaded, they are given. Money for the Pay of the Troops of your Line will be exceedingly welcome—the sooner it arrives the more salutary will be its Consequences. It will...
14From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 1 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
I am obliged again to trouble your Excellency with the Distress we are in for Want of Provisions to feed the Troops—by a Return from the Comsy Genl of Issues, we have received from the 12th of May to this Day only 312 Head of Cattle—& those in the followg Proportions—Vizt. N. Hampshire 30 Massachusetts Bay 230 Connecticut 52 312 from this Supply, with the Help of Salted Provision, we have...
15From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 28 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed your Excellency will receive Copy of a Letter addressed to me from General Parsons, representg the Situation of the Troops of your Line of the Armey. I feel myself so distressed at this Representation, not only as it affects the Troops themselves, but from the Apprehension I have of the Consequences which may, from their feelings, be produced to the general Service; that, altho it is...
16From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 24 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with Your Excellency’s Letter of the 30th Inst. together with the several Enclosures. The measures which have been taken by your Legislature to produce a prompt compliance with the requisitions upon the State, are of a good complexion, and afford me great satisfaction— I flatter myself the ample powers with which your Excellency & your Council are invested, will be strenuously...
17From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 15 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
I flatter myself the proper Measures have been before this Time taken to procure the Number of Men for Continental and Militia service, required by my Letter of the 24th May from Weathersfield. In the Calculation which I then made of the Aid of Militia which would be necessary to support the Operations which we have in View, I included sixteen hundred from Pennsylvania, but that State having...
18From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 25 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
It having been represented to me that some powder has been made by your Excellency’s directions, at Glassenbury & New Haven in this state, of materials belonging to the Continent, I take the liberty earnestly to request that such measures may be taken by the State as will transport it to Fishkill with the utmost expedition— great care being had that it should not be injured by the weather on...
19From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 22 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency a Resolution of Congress respecting mounting and equipping the Corps of Dragoons raised by this State of Connecticut. I am the more induced to wish this may be done, as Colonel Sheldon’s is now the only Regiment of Cavalry destined to act with the Army under my immediate command, and as the number of men in that Regiment now mounted are totally...
20From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 17 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
By the Letter from the Quarter Master General, transmitted herewith, Your Excellency will be pleased to observe the necessity of furnishing the Camp Equipage specified in the estimate for the Troops of Your State, as also the reason why this application was not made at an earlier period. Every other effort for a supply, having failed of success, this is the last resource now remaining—And I...