Letter
John Robinson to George Washington, 17 April 1756
April 17. 1756 Dear Sir I recd your Letter by the Express and am sorry to find by it the unhappy situation our back Inhabitants are in from the frequent…
Topic
Letters about Founding Era
16,550 lettersLetter
John Fenton Mercer to George Washington, 17 April 1756
Joseph Edwards–s on Great Cacapon April 17th 1756 Sir Yesterday about seven O–Clock in the Evening the Waggons arrived here by which I received my Instructions to march to the…
Letter
George Washington to John Fenton Mercer, 17 April 1756
[Winchester, 17 April 1756] To Captain John Mercer. commanding a party at Joseph Edwards–s, on Great Cacapehon. Sir, As the great rains have prevented your march on the expedition Ordered:…
Letter
George Mercer to Robert Rutherford, 16 April 1756
[Winchester, 16 April 1756] To the Commissary. It is Colonel Washingtons Orders that you (as soon as you conveniently can) give in an exact Return of all the Stores of…
Letter
George Washington to John Robinson, 16 April 1756
[Winchester, 16 April 1756] To John Robinson Esquire, Speaker. Dear Sir, When I wrote you last, I was in high hopes of being by this time at the head a…
Letter
George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 16 April 1756
Winchester April 16th 1756 Honorable Sir All my Ideal hopes, of raising a Number of Men, to scour the adjacent Mountains, have vanished into Nothing. Yesterday was the appointed Time,…
Letter
Enclosure: Horatio Sharpe to Robert Dinwiddie, 30 March 1756
Annapolis [Md.,] March 30th 1756 Sir I send this to acquaint You with an unhappy Affair that I am told has lately happened at the Mouth of Conegochiege within this…
Letter
William Withers to George Washington, 15 April 1756
[Williamsburg] Apr. 15th 1756 Sir The enclos–d Letter from Gov. Sharpe relatg to the Murder of Lieut. Gordon was omitted to be forwarded with the Governor–s, 1 therefore by his…
Letter
Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 15 April 1756
Williamsburg Apr. 15th 1756 Sir Your Letter by Jenkins I recd 1 & it–s now before the House of Burgesses. I have reason to expect they will pass a Law…
Letter
George Mercer to John Fenton Mercer, 15 April 1756
[Winchester, 15 April 1756] To Captain John Mercer, at Edwards–s. As Colonel Washington has great reason to believe, from some accounts he has received, that the Indians now rendezvous, and…