James Duane to John Jay, 23 December 1777
Manour Livingston 23 d . Decem r 1777 My Dear Sir I did not receive your very obliging Favour of the 14 th . 1 Untill this morning. which It…
Manour Livingston 23 d . Decem r 1777 My Dear Sir I did not receive your very obliging Favour of the 14 th . 1 Untill this morning. which It…
Danbury, December 17 th . 1777 Honored Sir Hitherto hath the Lord helped us, is an acknowledgment as honorable as it is ancient, but never more properly adapted to the…
Fish Kill, 14 Dec r . 1777.– Dear Sir Your obliging Letter of the 2 d . Inst 1 did not reach me till two Days ago. I am very…
[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…