Washington, George, 1732-1799. The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources: Volume 5
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Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 1, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES LEE New York, May [1], 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, May 2, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON New York, May 2, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 2, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 3, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, May 3, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL CORNELIUS D. WYNKOOP 10 New York, May 3, 1776.

Recipient To LIEUTENANT COLONEL HENRY BEEKMAN LIVINGSTON 11 Head Quarters, New York, May 4, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 4, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 5, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 5, 1776.

Recipient *To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 5, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK COMMITTEE OF SAFETY New York, May 6, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 6, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 7, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 7, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL ALEXANDER McDOUGALL New York, May 7, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 8, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, May 9, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE 37 New York, May 9, 1776.

Recipient To GEORGE MASON New York, May 10, 1776.

Recipient To LUND WASHINGTON New York, May 10, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 10, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 11, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 11, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 12, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 13, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR NICHOLAS COOKE New York, May 13, 1776.

Recipient To ISAAC SEARS New York, May 13, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, May 13, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, May 13, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL DAVID WATERBURY New York, May 13, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 14, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 15, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 15, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, May 15, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF SUFFOLK, LONG ISLAND 59 New York, May 16, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE New York, May 16, 1776.

Recipient To THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE New York, May 16, 1776. 60

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 16, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, May 17, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, May 17, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN SULLIVAN New York, May 17, 1776.

Recipient To PHILIP VAN RENSSELAER 63 New York, May 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 17, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 18, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 18, 1776.

Recipient To RICHARD HENRY LEE New York, May 18, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 19, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, May 19, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 19, 1776.

Recipient *To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 20, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 20, 1776.

Recipient To ROBERT MORRIS 75 New York, May 20, 1776.

Recipient *To BENJAMIN FRANKLIN New York, May 20, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, May 21, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, May 21, 1776.

Recipient *To MAJOR GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM Head Quarters, City of New York, May 21, 1776.

Recipient *To MAJOR GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM Head Quarters, City of New York, May 21, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, May 21, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 21, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 22, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER Amboy, May 22, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM Amboy, May 22, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS 86 New York, May 23, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL JOHN THOMAS Philadelphia, May 24, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 24, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS May 25, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS May 26, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS May 27, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD Philadelphia, May 28, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM Philadelphia, May 28, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS New York, May 28, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS May 29, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, May 31, 1776.

Recipient *To JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON Philadelphia, May 31, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 1, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 2, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS Philadelphia, June 3, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM Philadelphia, June 3, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 3, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 4, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL LACHLIN McINTOSH Philadelphia, June 4, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 5, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 6, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 7, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, June 7, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 7, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 7, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 8, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 8, 1776.

Recipient To BENJAMIN HARRISON, JOHN ADAMS AND WILLIAM WHIPPLE 30 New York, June 8, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 9, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 9, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 9, 1776.

Recipient To JOSEPH TRUMBULL Head Quarters, New York, June 9, 1776.

Recipient *To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 10, 1776.

Recipient To JAMES BOWDOIN New York, June 10, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR PETER SCHUYLER 52 Head Quarters, New York, June 10, 1776.

Recipient *To WILLIAM BEDLOW, AND THE OTHER COMMISIONERS AT THE FORTS MONTGOMERY AND CONSTITUTION 53 June, 10, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, June 10, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 10, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 11, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 12, 1776.

Recipient To LUND WASHINGTON New York, June 12, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS Head Quarters, June 13, 1776.

Recipient To SAMUEL CHASE Head Quarters, New York, June 13, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 13, 1776. 63

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN SULLIVAN New York, June 13, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, June 13, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 13, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 14, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS New York, June 14, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 14, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, June 14, 1776.

Recipient To JOSHUA WENTWORTH New York, June 15, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 16, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 16, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, June 16, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 16, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN SULLIVAN New York, June 16, 1776.

Recipient *To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF PENNSYLVANIA New York, June 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 82 New York, June 17, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 17, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 18, 1776.

Recipient To JOHN PARKE CUSTIS June 18, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 19, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 20, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 20, 1776.

Recipient *To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON New York, June 20, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 20, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 21, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS Head Quarters, June 21, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 21, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 22, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 23, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 23, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, June 23, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, June 23, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 24, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GATES New York, June 24, 1776.

Recipient To MARTHA WASHINGTON June 24, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 24, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 25, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON New York, June 25, 1776.

Recipient To LIEUTENANT COLONEL JACOB BAYLEY New York, June 25, 1776.

Recipient To HENRY BROMFIELD New York, June 25, 1776.

Recipient To LIEUTENANT COLONEL BENJAMIN TUPPER New York, June 25, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, June 26, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 26, 1776.

Recipient To LIEUTENANT COLONEL HENRY BEEKMAN LIVINGSTON Head Quarters in New York, June 26, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 27, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 27, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 27, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 27, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES WADSWORTH New York, June 27, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, June 27, 1776.

Recipient To THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE OR, IN THEIR RECESS, THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY New York, June 28, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, June 28, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 28, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 28, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 29, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LIVINGSTON 40 New York, June 29, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 29, 1776.

Recipient To THE BOARD OF WAR AND ORDNANCE New York, June 29, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON New York, June 29, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, June 30, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY New York, June 30, 1776.

Recipient To THE CAPTAIN OF GOVERNOR FRANKLIN'S GUARD Head Quarters, New York, June 30, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, June 30, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 1, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, July I, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 2, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 3, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 3, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 4, 1776.

Section A LIST OF OFFICERS RECOMMENDED

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, July 4, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL HUGH MERCER Head Quarters, 9 OClock P.M., July 4, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 4, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 4, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 5, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LIVINGSTON Head Quarters, July 5, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LIVINGSTON Head Quarters, New York, 5 O'Clock P.M., July 6, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL GOLD SELLECK SILLIMAN 85 New York, July 6, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 6, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 7, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, July 7, 1776. 88

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, July 7, 1776.

Recipient To WILLIAM WATSON New York, July 7, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, July 7, 1776.

Recipient To LUND WASHINGTON July 8, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 8, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL THOMAS SEYMOUR Head Quarters, New York, July 8, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 8, 1776.

Recipient To THE BOARD OF WAR AND ORDNANCE New York, July 9, 1776.

Recipient To THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE OR COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF THE STATE New York, July 9, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR NICHOLAS COOKE Head Quarters, New York, July 9, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL Head Quarters, New York, July 9, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, July 9, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 9, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 10, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 10, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 11, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD New York, July 11, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, July 11, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, July 11, 1776.

Recipient To THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE OR, IN ITS RECESS, THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY Head Quarters, New York, July 11, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 11, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 12, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 12, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, July 12, 1776. 19

Recipient To THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE 23 Head Quarters, July 13, 1776.

Recipient To CAPTAIN PATRICK DENNIS 25 Head Quarters, July 13, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 13, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 14, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 14, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, July 14, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK Head Quarters, New York, July 14, 1776.

Recipient To THE OFFICER COMMANDING THE PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS AT TRENTON OR ELSEWHERE IN NEW JERSEY Head Quarters, New York, July 14, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL RUDOLPHUS RITZEMA Head Quarters, July 14, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 15, 1776.

Recipient To LUND WASHINGTON New York, July 15, 1776.

Recipient To SIR WILLIAM HOWE New York, July 15, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, July 15, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER Head Quarters, New York, July 15, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL Head Quarters, New York, July 15, 1776.

Recipient To THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, July 15, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 15, 1776.

Recipient To LUND WASHINGTON New York, July 16, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 16, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL THOMAS SEYMOUR AND OTHER FIELD OFFICERS OF THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT HORSE New York, July 16, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 17, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, July 17, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, July 17, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, July 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, July 17, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 18, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD Head Quarters, New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient *To MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GATES New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient To THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Head Quarters, New York, July 19, 1776.

Recipient *To COLONEL ADAM STEPHEN New York, July 20, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 20, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 21, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 21, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE New York, July 21, 1776.

Recipient To THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, July 21, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JAMES CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, July 21, 1776.

Recipient To LIEUTENANT THOMAS MACHIN Head Quarters, New York, July 21, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 22, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 22, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 22, 1776.

Recipient *To JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON New York, July 22, 1776.

Recipient To LUND WASHINGTON New York, July 22, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 23, 1776.

Recipient To BARON DE CALBIAC New York, July 23, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 23, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 23, 1776.

Recipient To JOHN PARKE CUSTIS New York, July 24, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, July 24, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, July 24, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 24, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 25, 1776.

Recipient *To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 25, 1776.

Recipient To THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE New York, July 25, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 26, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, July 26, 1776.

Recipient To LORD STIRLING Head Quarters, July 27, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 27, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 27, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 28, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 29, 1776.

Recipient To THE BOARD OF WAR AND ORDNANCE New York, July 29, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD Head Quarters, New York, July 29, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 29, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 30, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 30, 1776.

Recipient To SIR WILLIAM HOWE Head Quarters, New York, July 30, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 31, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, July 31, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, July 31, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 1, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL SAMUEL ELMORE New York, August 1, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, August 1, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 2, 1776.

Recipient To THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, August 2, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 2, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 3, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 4, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 5, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS New York, August 5, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR NICHOLAS COOKE New York, August 5, 1776.

Recipient To JOHN BRADFORD Head Quarters, New York, August 5, 1776.

Recipient To NATHANIEL SHAW, JUNIOR Head Quarters, New York, August 5, 1776.

Recipient To THOMAS McKEAN New York, August 6, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 6, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR CHRISTOPHER FRENCH Head Quarters, New York, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS Head Quarters, 1. O'Clock P.M., August 7, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL JONATHAN FITCH New York Head Quarters, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE New York, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL Head Quarters, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Head Quarters, New York, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To JESSE ROOT Head Quarters, New York, August 7, 1776.

Recipient To TIMOTHY EDWARDS New York, August 7, 1776.

Section TO COLONEL SAMUEL MILES New York Head Quarters, August 8, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR CHRISTOPHER FRENCH Head Quarters, New York, August 8, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL HUGH MERCER Head Quarters, New York, August 8, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LIVINGSTON [Head Quarters, August 8, 1776.]

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE CLINTON Head Quarters, New York, August 8, 1776.

Recipient To THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATORS 70 Head Quarters, August 8, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, August 8, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, August 8, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 8, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 8, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 9, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL LEWIS DUBOIS Head Quarters, New York, August 9, 1776.

Recipient To COLONEL ANN HAWKES HAY 83 Head Quarters, New York, August 10, 1776.

Recipient To CAPTAIN RICHARD VARICK Head Quarters, New York, August 10, 1776.

Recipient To TIMOTHY EDWARDS Head Quarters, New York, August 10, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 10, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 11, 1776.

Recipient *To RUFUS PUTNUM New York, August 11, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, August 11, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, August 11, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF QUEENS COUNTY, NEW YORK Head Quarters, New York, August 11, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD Head Quarters, New York, August 12, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 12, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 12, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, August 12, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 12, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 13, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 13, 1776.

Recipient *To COLONEL THOMAS McKEAN 12 Head Quarters, New York, August 13, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, August 13, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 14, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GATES New York, August 14, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 14, 1776.

Recipient To BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES CLINTON Head Quarters, August 14, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 14, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 15, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 15, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL Head Quarters, New York, August 16, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 16, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, August 16, 1776.

Recipient To FREDERICK JAY

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 16, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, August 17, 1776.

Section PROCLAMATION 31 Head Quarters, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To SIR WILLIAM HOWE Head Quarters, New York, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To RICHARD, LORD HOWE Head Quarters, New York, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To SIR WILLIAM HOWE Head Quarters, New York, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To JAMES, LORD DRUMMOND New York, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK Head Quarters, New York, August 17, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 18, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, August 18, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, August 18, 1776.

Recipient *To BENJAMIN FRANKLIN New York, August 18, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 18, 1776.

Recipient *To LUND WASHINGTON New York, August 19, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 19, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 19, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HEATH Head Quarters, August 19, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 20, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 20, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 21, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HEATH

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, August 21, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 21, 1776.

Recipient *To MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HEATH New York, August 22, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 22, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HEATH Head Quarters, New York, August 23, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 23, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Head Quarters, New York, August 23, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 23, 1776.

Recipient *To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 24, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 24, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER New York, August 24, 1776.

Recipient To GOVERNOR JONATHAN TRUMBULL New York, August 24, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM Head Quarters, August 25, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 25, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 26, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, August 26, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD Head Quarters, New York, August 26, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HEATH Head Quarters, New York, August 26, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, Eight O'Clock, P.M., August 27, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Long Island, August 28, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS Long Island, August 29, half past four, A.M., 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 29, 1776.

Recipient To THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HEATH Head Quarters, New York, August 30, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 30, 1776.

Section GENERAL ORDERS Head Quarters, New York, August 31, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HEATH Head Quarters, New York, August 31, 1776.

Recipient To MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GATES Head Quarters, New York, August 31, 1776.

Recipient To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS Head Quarters, New York, August 31, 1776.

Section REASONS OF COUNCIL OF WAR FOR EVACUATING LONG ISLAND