Caleb Davis to John Adams, September 10, 1777
Boston Septr. 10th. 1777 Honabl. Sir I ask pardon for giveing you this Trouble, Amidst your More Important Concerns, but being requested to forward the Inclosed, 1 I beg Leave…
Boston Septr. 10th. 1777 Honabl. Sir I ask pardon for giveing you this Trouble, Amidst your More Important Concerns, but being requested to forward the Inclosed, 1 I beg Leave…
Boston Sept. 7th: 1777 My dear Sir I wrote you by the last post. I wonder whether all the Letters I write you get to hand, and if they do…
State House Philadelphia 5 September 1777 Sir The Resolve of Congress which you will receive under this Cover will shew you that we are appointed a Committee and for what…
Boston Sept. 4th. 1777 My dear Sir I thank you for yours of the 12th. and 18th August which came safe to hand. I am much Gratified by seeing some…
Camp at Wilmington Sept. 4th, 1777 Sir Yesterday a severe skirmish happened between a party of seven hundred of our Troops and two or three thousand Barbarians , it is…
Albany July 5th. 1777 Sir I have the pleasure of Acknowledging the Receipt of your Favor of the 8th Ultimo Which was deliver’d me On my Return from Tyonderoga to…
Peekskill July 17th. 1777 Sir Yesterday I came to this Place upon some business respecting my Department. I left General Washington encamped 18 miles south of the North River. I…
Boston July 11. 1777 Dr. Sir We have this Moment an Account of the Evacuation of Ticonderoga in Consequence of A Council of General Officers who determined it to be…
Boston July 10th: 1777 My dear Sir I Returned to this Town on Tuesday and found the Court had Just Adjourned to Sepr:. Last Evening I had the pleasure of…
Boston 10th July—77 My dear Sir I have lately wrote you more than one Letter which I hope you have receiv’d. 1 Howe has confess’d his Inferiority in the Field…