Williamsburg Jail July 30th 79 Gentlemen Mr. Pelham having very obligingly procured me the means of addressing you, I take this first opportunity of representing to you the Circumstances and…
Williamsburg, 30 July 1779 . Because of the multiplicity of business, one clerk cannot attend to all the duties the office requires, including keeping a journal. Appointment of a second…
Philadelphia, 28 July 1779 . Circular letter to the state executives enclosing resolves of Congress of 23 July respecting, first, the better preservation of buildings belonging to the United States…
Philadelphia, 27 July 1779 . Detailed account of Wayne’s capture of Stony Point on the Hudson, 15 July. Postscript reads: “You will oblige me much, by suggesting to me such…
Philadelphia 26th July 1779 Sir I have the honor of transmitting to your Excellency sundry papers respecting the capture of a vessel of Portugal by a Captain Cunningham of the…
Williamsburg July 23. 1779 Sir I take the liberty of begging leave of your Excellency to forward the enclosed by the first flag which may happen to be going into…
In Council July 23d 1779 The Act of General Assembly intituled an act for raising a Body of Troops for the defence of the Commonwealth, having directed that two battalions…
[ Without place, after 22 July 1779 .] Directed to the Governor and Council and written after the contract between the State of Virginia and Penet, Windel & Co. (q.v.,…
Wmsburg July 22d. 1779 Sir Your Letter, on the Subject of Lieutenant Governor Hamilton’s confinement, came safely to hand. I shall, with great chearfulness, explain, to you, the Reasons on…
Ampthill July 22d. 1779. Sir Inclosed you have a State of Ballandines Account with the Country for the Works at Westham, also Ballandine and Reveley for the Buckingham Furnace. You…