57291From George Washington to William Heath, 20 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I am favord with your Letter of Yesterday—I consent to Colo. Greatons Sending a Serjeant to Boston for the purpose you mention provided no charge is to be brought against the public therefor. I am Sir Your very Obed. serv. MHi : Heath Papers.
57292To George Washington from Jeremiah Olney, 20 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
Soon after I had the Honor of addressing your Excellency 18th Ulto—your favr of 9th April Came to hand permitting me to Remain in the State untill Your Excellency’s Further pleasure—by which I am particularly oblig’d as Mrs Olney’s Indisposition unhappily Seems to Increase—I have the pleasure to inform your Excellency that 220 Recruits are muster’d—that 204 have already march’d—the greater...
57293To George Washington from Samuel Holden Parsons, 20 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
Messrs Reuben Smith Norton, Samuel Mix & Ezekiel Cowles are young Gentlemen whose Family Connections render them respectable in this State & whose personal Accomplishments give fair Prospects of their being Serviceable if admitted to Command in the Army. They are desirous of Subalterns Commissions in the Corps of Sappers & Miners: I beleive they will not disappoint your Excellency’s...
57294From George Washington to Comfort Sands, 20 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I think it proper to acquaint you that such of the Levies of the State as shall be directed to serve in the lower parts of the State are to be considered as part of the moving Army and are to be supplied accordingly A Detachment of them is orderd to Bedford and another to Orange Town—I have directed them to draw from the nearest place of Issue to their respective Posts—you will please to give...
57295To George Washington from Benjamin Tupper, 20 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have judged it necessesary to send out several Scouts of 80 privates each to lay in ambush on the different routs the enemy generaly take when they approach our Frontiers so that if possable to Intercept them & prevent the continuation of these Murthers and Devastations which have been too frequent this Spring, and as it was necessesary they should be out ten or twelve days concluded hard...
57296From George Washington to Benjamin Tupper, 20 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have reced your Letter of the 11th Instant and another without date the former inclosing the proceedings of a Court Martial held for the Trial of Shem Kentfield. Inclosed you have Copy of the General Order approving the proceedings and a Warrant for the Execution of the Prisoner—the place of Execution is left to you. The necessity of the Contractors furnishing Lard bread when required has...
57297From George Washington to Frederick Weissenfels, 20 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
It has been suggested to me that a considerable number of the Levies raised by this State for 8 Months, might be Inlisted into the Continental Regiments for longer periods, provided such a measure was encouraged by their Officers. When it is considered of how little Service these Men are, when detached for so short a time, and what Essential benefits will accrue, not only to the public at...
57298Motion To Inform States of Financial Crisis, [20 May] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 47, fol. 339). Docketed: “Motion of Mr Madison[,] Letter 17th May 1782[, and] do 16. Circular to the States[:] May 20 referred to Mr Madison Mr Root Mr Lowell Mr Rutledge Mr Clymer to confer with the Superintendant of finance.” Whereupon Resolved That the Superintendt of Finance be instructed to transmit to the several Legislatures of the States, a representation of the...
57299From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 20 May 1782 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Madison Papers). Addressed to “Col: James Madison Orange County Virginia[.] Favd. by Capt M. Walker.” Probably late in his life, JM, or John C. Payne, whose handwriting greatly resembled JM’s, wrote “(Biographical.)” above the salutation and “Madison, Jr” above the date line on the first page. Having written a letter and inclosed with it a large collection of Newspapers for you which...
57300To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 20 May 1782 (Madison Papers)
Tr ( LC : Force Transcripts). Another copy, also made from the original manuscript, is in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society , 2d ser., XIX (1905), 152–53. An extract is in Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 694 (1892), pp. 89–90. Your favr of the 7th brought me the debates in Parliament on which I suppose had been founded the story mentioned in my Last of their having...