John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 December 1777
[Fishkill, 11 December 1777] D r Gen. Your very friendly Letter of the 6 th : Ult. 1 was this Moment delivered. In what careless Hands it has lain so…
[Fishkill, 11 December 1777] D r Gen. Your very friendly Letter of the 6 th : Ult. 1 was this Moment delivered. In what careless Hands it has lain so…
York Town Penns. 2 d . Dec r . 1777– Dear Sir, I have had so much Publick Business on my hands that I have been unavoidably deprived of paying…
Persippiney Nov r . 21 st 1777 My Dear Sister & Brother It is with very great pleasure I announce to you, the recovery of your little Boy from the…
Saratoga, November 6 th 1777. My Dear Sir When I did myself the pleasure to write you on the 17 th ult., 1 I was not apprized of the enemy–s…
Paris October 6. 1777. My Dear Sir, I am sorry to find by your Letter by Cap t Young the only Letter I have rec d . from you since…
Camp. 3 Miles above Still-Water. Sep. 14 1777 11 o–Clock. at Night.– My dear Sir, On the 9 th . Instant about 8 o–Clock AM. the Army marched from Van…
Kingston 12 Sept r 1777 Dear Sir Your Letters should not have remained so long unanswered, had I not daily expected the Pleasure of seeing you here but Coll Renselaer…
Fort Schuyler Sept r 1 st 1777 Hon d Sirs In times like these when the most horrid Murders and Affecting carnage are taking place all around us, and when…
Head-Quarters. Aug 29. 1777 My dear Sir, In my last 1 I informed you of the Enemy–s Retreat from Fort Stanwix. Gen. Arnold upon, the earliest Notice of this fortunate…
Head-Quarters Van Schaick–s Island Aug. 25 1777. My dear Sir, Had I heard of your Return from Philadelphia, I should not have omitted acquainting you with every material Circumstance that…