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George Washington to William Maxwell, February 15, 1779
[ Middlebrook, New Jersey ] February 15, 1779 . States that British are about to move on Staten Island.
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Letters about Finance
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George Washington to Alexander McDougall, February 14, 1779
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] February 14, 1779 . States that Jonathan Burrall is taking money for use of McDougall and Major General Israel Putnam.
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George Washington to Henry Clinton, February 14, 1779
[ Middlebrook, New Jersey ] February 14, 1779 . Encloses passports for ships bound for Hampton Roads.
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George Washington to Alexander McDougall, February 9, 1779
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] February 9, 1779 . Discusses problems confronting McDougall in reference to supplies, works at West Point, hard money, clothing, suspicion of trafficking with enemy, Brigadier…
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George Washington to Anthony Walton White, February 1, 1779
Philadelphia, February 1, 1779. Orders White to send two troops of his regiment (one being that of Captain David Hopkins) to Baltimore.
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George Washington to David Hopkins, February 1, 1779
Philadelphia, February 1, 1779. Cannot grant furlough requested, but has ordered Hopkins’s regiment to Baltimore.
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George Washington to William Phillips, January 30, 1779
Philadelphia, January 30, 1779. Explains that Washington’s control of Convention troops extended only to the march to Virginia. Assures Phillips that everything possible will be done to make Convention troops…
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Alexander Hamilton to Henry Knox, January 30, 1779
[Philadelphia, January 30, 1779] Dr. Sir, I send you sundry papers respecting the Ordnance department. The General requests you will prepare your observations on them and be ready to meet…
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George Washington to Alexander McDougall, January 29, 1779
Philadelphia, January 29, 1779. Apologizes for delay in answering McDougall’s letters.
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George Washington to John Jay, January 29, 1779
Philadelphia, January 29, 1779. Asks permission to return to Camp.