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Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3
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From Robert Morris.
Office of Finance, Philadelphia, 28 August, 1781.
DEAR SIR,
Your favor of the 27th, from Chatham, has just been delivered to me by Colonel Miles, and, in consequence, I have advised him to secure the assistance of the President and Council of this State, in case it should be necessary. But, as a preferable mode of procuring the craft, I advise his engaging to pay them in a short time after the service is performed; and, if needful, I shall join in this assurance, and finally see it performed.
I directed the Commissary-General, immediately on my return from camp, to cause the deposit of three hundred barrels of flour, three hundred barrels of salt meat, and twelve hogsheads of rum, to be made at the Head of Elk, and pointed out the means of obtaining them. For this purpose, he sent down a
Deputy some days since, and I expect all will be ready there. I have written to the Quarter-master of Delaware and Maryland, Mr. Donaldson Gates, to exert himself in procuring the craft. I am much more apprehensive on the score of craft in Delaware and Chesapeake. I have written to the Governor, and several of the most eminent merchants in Baltimore, to extend their assistance and influence in expediting this business. Foreseeing the necessity of supplies from Maryland and Delaware, I have written, in the most pressing terms, to the Governors and Agents, to have the specific supplies required of them by Congress in readiness for delivery to my order; and now that your movements must be unfolded to them, I shall still more strongly show the necessity, and stimulate their exertions by holding forth what is due to their own immediate interest and safety. But still I fear you will be disappointed in some degree as to the shipping, and that I shall be compelled to make purchases of provisions, which, if it happens, must divert the money from those payments to the army that I wish to make. I have already advised your Excellency of the unhappy situation of money matters, and very much doubt if it will be possible to pay the detachment a month’s pay, as you wish. Therefore it will be best not to raise in them any expectation of that kind. Should it come unexpectedly, so much the better. I do not think it practicable to provide the salt provisions here, even if a disappointment happens in New England; but have particularly recommended attention to the article in Maryland, which is to furnish ten thousand five hundred barrels of beef and pork.
No news here yet of the Count de Grasse; but I have had occasion to lament that too many people have, for some days past, seemed to know your Excellency’s intended movements. This city is filled with strangers, so that Colonel Miles cannot procure private lodgings, and my family being chiefly at Springetsbury, affords me the opportunity of appropriating my house in town to your use. I believe we can accommodate your Aids, &c., with mattresses, but our beds are chiefly in the country; and as what I have cannot possibly be appropriated to a better use, I beg your Excellency will consider and use my house, and what it affords, as your own.
I have the honor to be, your devoted servant,
ROBERT MORRIS.
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Chicago: Robert Morris, "From Robert Morris.," Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3 in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. Jared Sparks (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1853), 394–396. Original Sources, accessed December 10, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FUZS1MA9RBYM83.
MLA: Morris, Robert. "From Robert Morris." Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3, in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, edited by Jared Sparks, Vol. 3, Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1853, pp. 394–396. Original Sources. 10 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FUZS1MA9RBYM83.
Harvard: Morris, R, 'From Robert Morris.' in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3. cited in 1853, Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. , Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, NY, pp.394–396. Original Sources, retrieved 10 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FUZS1MA9RBYM83.
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