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To Nicholas Cooke, 18 September 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:8]
General Orders, 21 September 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:24]+
To John Hancock, 21 September 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:29]
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 26 September 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:55]+
From Colonel James Mitchell Varnum, September 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:76]+
II. Minutes of the Conference, 18–24 October 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:193]
II. Minutes of the Conference, 18–24 October 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:200]
II. Minutes of the Conference, 18–24 October 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:203]
From the Arundel Committee of Correspondence, 24 October 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:225]+
Instructions to Brigadier General John Sullivan, 7 November 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:326]+
From Colonel Henry Knox, 27 November 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:435]+
To Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 28 November 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:449]
From Nicholas Cooke, 30 November 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:461]+
To John Hancock, 30 November 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:463]+
From John Hancock, 2 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:471]+
From John Hancock, 8 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:513]+
From William Bartlett, 14 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:546]+
To John Hancock, 18 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:574]
To Nicholas Cooke, 20 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:585]
General Orders, 24 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:599]+
From James Lyon, 25 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:606]+
From the Gloucester Committee of Safety, 29 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:617]+
To John Hancock, 31 December 1775 [Revolutionary War Series 2:623]
General Orders, 1 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:2]
From Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 1 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:9]
From Colonel Henry Knox, 5 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:30]+
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 5–7 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:36]+
To Nicholas Cooke, 6 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:40]
General Orders, 7 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:50]+
General Orders, 9 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:57]+
From Lieutenant John Knight, 10 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:60]
To the Massachusetts Council, 10 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:62]
From Major General Charles Lee, 15 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:95]+
To the Massachusetts General Court, 17 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:120]
Instructions to Captain Charles Dyar, 20 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:151]
From the New Hampshire General Court, 21 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:163]+
General Orders, 24 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:177]+
From Colonel James Easton, 1–16 February 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:236]
From Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 2 February 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:241]
To Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 26 February–9 March 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:372]
From Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 15 March 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:475]
To John Hancock, 24 March 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:523]
From Winthrop Sargent, 26 March 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:542]+
From Captain Henry Miller, 27 April 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:144]+
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 27 April 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:147]
From the New York Committee of Safety, 29 April 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:168]
To the New York Committee of Safety, 30 April 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:177]
From Colonel Ebenezer Learned, 2 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:186]+
To Major General Philip Schuyler, 3 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:192]
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 3 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:195]
To John Hancock, 7 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:227]+
From Landon Carter, 9 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:242]+
To John Hancock, 11 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:277]
To John Hancock, 11 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:279]
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 13 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:293]+
To Nathaniel Woodhull, 13 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:295]+
To John Hancock, 15 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:308]+
Orders to Major General Israel Putnam, 21 May 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:358]+
From John Hancock, 5–6 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:440]+
To John Hancock, 7 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:452]
To John Hancock, 8 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:462]
From John Hancock, 10 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 4:490]
To John Hancock, 16 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:4]
To Brigadier General John Sullivan, 16 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:11]
General Orders, 17 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:19]+
General Orders, 18 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:33]+
From William Gordon, 19–20 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:41]+
To John Hancock, 20 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:56]
From John Hancock, 21–22 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:69]
To John Hancock, 27 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:123]+
To Brigadier General William Livingston, 28 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:137]
General Orders, 29 June 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:143]
From John Hancock, 4 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:204]+
From Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 6 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:226]
To Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 7 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:235]
To the Massachusetts General Court, 9 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:250]
To John Hancock, 10 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:259]
To John Hancock, 11 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:265]
From John Hancock, 11 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:270]+
To Major General Philip Schuyler, 11 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:274]
To the Orange County Committee of Safety, 14 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:315]+
To Colonel Rudolphus Ritzema, 14 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:317]+
To Major General Philip Schuyler, 15 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:330]
From the Massachusetts Council, 16 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:343]+
From John Hancock, 17 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:359]
To the New York City Committee of Safety, 19 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:389]+
General Orders, 23 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:431]+
From John Hancock, 24 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:443]
General Orders, 25 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:458]+
To the Board of War, 29 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:492]
To John Hancock, 30 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:518]
From John Hancock, 30 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:521]+
To Colonel William Woodford, 30 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:524]+
To Major General Philip Schuyler, 31 July 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:532]
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 1 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:539]+
From Brigadier General Nathanael Greene, 2 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:545]+
To Benjamin Greenleaf, 2–5 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:546]+
To Colonel Samuel Elmore, 7 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:596]+
To John Hancock, 7 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:603]
To Jesse Root, 7 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:611]+
To Major General Philip Schuyler, 7 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:613]
To Major Christopher French, 8 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:624]
To Colonel Samuel Miles, 8 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:636]
To Brigadier General John Morin Scott, 8 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:639]+
To Nathaniel Woodhull, 8 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:641]
General Orders, 11 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:663]
From Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, 11 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:667]+
To John Hancock, 12 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:680]+
From Brigadier General William Livingston, 12 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:684]
From Abraham Yates, Jr., 13 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:15]
General Orders, 31 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:173]
From the New York Committee of Safety, 31 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:186]+
From Major General William Heath, 1 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:195]+
To Abraham Yates, Jr., 1 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:198]+
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 2 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:203]+
To John Hancock, 8 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:254]+
From Certain General Officers, 11 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:280]+
To John Hancock, 14 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:308]
From Samuel Washington, 16 September 1776 [letter not found] [Revolutionary War Series 6:320]+
From Major General William Howe, 21 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:363]+
To Abraham Yates, Jr., 23 September 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:383]
General Orders, 1 October 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:444]
From William Fitzhugh, 13 October 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 6:554]
From Robert R. Livingston, 25 October 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:32]
From John Hancock, 5 November 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:90]+
To Major General Charles Lee, 12 November 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:150]+
From Major General William Heath, 18 November 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:179]+
From John Hancock, 24 November 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:204]
From Major General Charles Lee, 26 November 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:218]+
From Major General Charles Lee, 30 November 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:235]
From John Langdon, 2 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:254]+
From Lord Stirling, 12 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:320]+
To the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 15 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:348]
To the New York Convention, 16 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:356]
To Joseph Trumbull, 16 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:360]
To Lieutenant General William Howe, 17 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:362]+
From the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 17 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:364]+
To Samuel Washington, 18 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:372]+
From Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 19 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:380]+
To John Hancock, 20 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:386]
From the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 20 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:391]+
To Major General Alexander McDougall, 21 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:402]+
From Brigadier General Philemon Dickinson, 24 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:428]+
To John Hancock, 27 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:461]+
From Colonel John Cadwalader, 31 December 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 7:495]+
From Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Denison, 1 January 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 7:503]+
From John Hancock, 1 January 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 7:506]
From Thomas Wharton, Jr., 3 January 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 7:514]+
From Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston, 15 February 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 8:343]+
To the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 28 March 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:6]+
From Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 29 March 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:15]
To Major General William Heath, 30 March 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:23]+
To John Hancock, 31 March 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:29]+
To Elias Boudinot, 1 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:33]
To Major General Benedict Arnold, 2 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:46]+
To Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston, 2 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:49]+
To Colonel Jedediah Huntington, 3 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:54]+
From William Livingston, 4 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:61]+
From Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, 8 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:93]
From a Committee of the Continental Congress, 10 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:111]
To John Hancock, 10 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:115]+
General Orders, 11 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:125]+
To John Hancock, 12–13 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:129]
From Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum, 13 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:155]
From Major General William Heath, 16 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:178]+
To Major Jacob Morris, 17 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:196]+
To Major General William Heath, 18–19 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:205]
From Thomas Johnson, 19 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:211]+
To Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, 23–25 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:249]
To James Craik, 26 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:273]
From William Livingston, 2 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:329]+
To John Hancock, 3 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:335]+
To Richard Henry Lee, 10 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:378]+
To Major General Thomas Mifflin, 15 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:432]+
To Major Colerus, 19 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:470]
To Major General Horatio Gates, 19 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:472]+
To John Hancock, 24 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:519]
To John Hancock, 29 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:554]+
To Major General Thomas Mifflin, 29 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:556]
From Captain Francis Grice and W. Masters, 30 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:563]+
To Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 31 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:574]+
General Orders, 2 June 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:590]+
From William Shippen, Jr., 2 June 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:596]+
General Orders, 3 June 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:599]+
From John Hancock, 5 June 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:610]+
From Major General Philip Schuyler, 19 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:9]+
From Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., 22 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:45]+
To John Hancock, 23 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:54]+
From Colonel Theodorick Bland, 27 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:75]+
To Colonel Evan or William Evans, 27 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:77]+
To Colonel Armand, 2 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:119]+
To Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., 2 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:130]+
From John Hancock, 3 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:135]+
From a Committee of the Continental Congress, 6 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:159]+
To John Hancock, 13 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:214]
To Thomas Wharton, Jr., 13 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:222]+
From John Hancock, 17 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:254]
From Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 17 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:257]+
From Major General John Armstrong, Sr., 18 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:262]+
General Orders, 19 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:267]+
Council of War, 23 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:298]+
To Colonel Arendt, 23 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:300]
To Major General Horatio Gates, 24 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:311]+
To Elbridge Gerry, 26 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:326]
To Brigadier General David Forman, 27 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:331]+
To Major General William Heath, 30 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:352]+
To Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 1 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:365]
To John Hancock, 7 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:420]+
From Major General William Heath, 22 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:577]+
General Orders, 1 November 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 12:76]+
From John Potts, 20 December 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 12:655]+