Joseph Ward to John Adams, September 6, 1776
Boston September 6, 1776 Sir I have the honour of your Letter of the 20th of August. 1 Agreeable to your desire have inclosed a Return of the Continental armed…
Boston September 6, 1776 Sir I have the honour of your Letter of the 20th of August. 1 Agreeable to your desire have inclosed a Return of the Continental armed…
New York 6th. Sepr. 76 Dr Sir I am exceedingly concerned to find that the New Articles of War, though passed, are not to take Place yet. 1 The infamous…
Philadelphia Septr. 4. 1776 Dear Sir It is in vain for me to think of telling you News, because you have direct Intelligence from Ticonderoga much sooner than I have,…
Philadelphia Septr. 4. 1776 Dear sir Mr. Hare, a Brother of Mr Robert Hare, 1 the Porter Brewer in this City is bound to Boston. He has boarded, Sometime in…
New York 29th. August 1776 Dr. Sir I had a Warrant on Sunday Morning last, from Head Quarters, for the Trial of Lieut. Col. Harman Zeidwitz Commanding Officer of Brigadier…
Long Island 29th. Augt. 1776 Sir In Answer to your last 1 in which you desire some further Information respecting Shephard &c., I can inform that Lt. Colo nel Shephard…
Philadelphia August 29. 1776 Dear Sir I Sett down now in the Character of a School Master, or a Fellow of a Colledge to give myself Airs, the Pedantry and…
Philadelphia August 20. 1776 Sir Your Favours of 28th. July and 8. August are before me. I have a Favour to ask of you, that is to Send me, an…
New York 19th. August 1776 Dear Sir I set down to give you Part of the Information you ask. The Brigade you mention are new Levies wholly from the Massachusetts…
Philadelphia, 19 August 1776. Printed : JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, Mass., 1961; 4 vols.…