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George Washington to John Jay, December 31, 1778
[ Philadelphia ] December 31, 1778 . Asks if Congress is going to continue to employ Brigadier General Du Portail and if it intends to adopt Du Portail’s plan of…
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Letters from 1778
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George Washington to Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, December 29, 1778
Philadelphia, December 29, 1778 . Reports that plans for Canadian expedition have been set aside. Wishes Lafayette a safe passage on return voyage to France.
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George Washington to Henry Clinton, December 26, 1778
Philadelphia, December 26, 1778 . Asks Clinton to place Brower and Lozier, who were accused of killing a Loyalist, on same footing with other prisoners of war.
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George Washington to William Livingston, December 21, 1778
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] December 21, 1778 . Reports arrest of John Smith Hatfield on charge of treason.
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George Washington to Lord (née William Alexander) Stirling, December 21, 1778
[ Middlebrook, New Jersey ] December 21, 1778 . Instructs Stirling to take command at Headquarters during Washington’s absence in Philadelphia. Gives general directions for administration of Camp.
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Alexander Hamilton to Clement Biddle, December 20, 1778
Headquarters [ Middle Brook, New Jersey ] December 20 [ 1778 ]. Requests minutes of trials of Charles Lee and Arthur St. Clair so that they can be published in…
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George Washington to Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben, December 19, 1778
[ Middle Brook, New Jersey ] December 19, 1778 . Will support the inspector general’s department when it is fully established.
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George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, December 19, 1778
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] December 19, 1778 . Regrets that plans for winter quarters cannot be altered.
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Alexander Hamilton to Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben, December 19, 1778
[Middlebrook, New Jersey, December 19, 1778] I snatch a hasty moment My Dear Baron to acknowledge the receipt of yr. obliging favour of the 6th. 1 It came here while…
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George Washington to Philip Schuyler, December 18, 1778
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] December 18, 1778 . Congratulates Schuyler on acquittal. States that a winter campaign is now impossible. Agrees that reduction of Niagara is important and has…