1To George Washington from John Bradford, 29 July 1776 (Washington Papers)
In Compliance with your Order to General Ward to send forward all the Millitary stores taken in the Scotch Ships, I have deliver’d them to him, tho forbid doing so by the Agent for Connecticut, it gives me great pain that I could not fully comply with your Excellencys requisition having dispos’d of Seventy Muskets & fifteen fuzees to the Independant Company of this Town, before I knew A vote...
2To George Washington from John Bradford, 12 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
I am honour’d with your Excellencys Signature under the 5th Instant, directing me to take the necessary Care of all the Warlike Stores, and Necessaries, for an Army, till I may receive Orders from the proper Authority. your Excellency may rely on the Strictest punctuallity in Complying with any future Orders I may Receive. I have not Omitted since I have been in this department giving a...
3To George Washington from John Bradford, 26 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
The Chance of War has put in my possession a quarter Cask of Wine ship’d at Malaga designed for General Clintons own use, in the same vessel I found a keg of the Essence of lemon juice design’d also for him, my happiness wou’d have been proportionably greater, if it had been a pipe instead of a quarter Cask, your acceptance of those Articles will confer a favour on him, who has the honor to be...