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Washington Papers Consolidated Index | D | Delaware River
To the Continental Congress Executive Committee, 7 January 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 8:6]
To John Hancock, 19 January 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 8:103]
To William Shippen, Jr., 1 March 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 8:477]+
To John McKinly, 4 March 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 8:512]+
To Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 25 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:266]
From John Hancock, 26 April 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:276]+
To Colonel Joseph Trumbull, 28 May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:551]+
From Captain Francis Wade, May 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:576]
From James Mease, 6 June 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 9:625]
From Major General Benedict Arnold, 16 June 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 10:50]+
From Major General Israel Putnam, 19 June 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 10:77]
To Major General Horatio Gates, 28 July 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 10:446]+
To John Hancock, 7 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 10:546]+
From Brigadier General Silas Newcomb, 20 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:16]+
To John Hancock, 21 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:22]
From Richard Peters, 21 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:30]+
From Major General Israel Putnam, 22 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:48]+
General Orders, 24 August 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:56]+
To Brigadier General William Maxwell, 3 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:140]+
From Brigadier General Caesar Rodney, 6 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:166]
To Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 8 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:174]+
To Major General John Armstrong, Sr., 14 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:225]+
From Major General Philemon Dickinson, 20 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:276]+
To Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 22 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:292]+
To Elbridge Gerry, 26 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:326]
To Samuel Kennedy, 26 September 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:328]+
General Orders for Attacking Germantown, 3 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:377]
From Major General Philemon Dickinson, 3 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:381]+
To John Hancock, 7 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:420]+
To Commodore John Hazelwood, 11 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:486]+
General Orders, 12 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:492]+
From Major Benjamin George Eyre, 16 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:525]
From Brigadier General James Potter, 16 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:531]+
General Orders, 19 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:555]+
From Richard Henry Lee, 20 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:563]
To John Hancock, 21 October 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 11:569]+
From Major General John Sullivan, 26 December 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 13:13]+
From Brigadier General William Smallwood, 30 December 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 13:74]
To William Livingston, 31 December 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 13:86]
From Brigadier General Henry Knox, 3 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:130]+
From Colonel Daniel Morgan, 5 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:150]+
To Trenton and Mercer County Magistrates, 6 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:165]+
From Brigadier General William Smallwood, 10 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:200]
From Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 12 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:213]
From the Rhode Island Council of War, 15 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:254]+
To Lieutenant William Patterson, 18 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:276]+
General Orders, 20 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:288]+
To Major General Benjamin Lincoln, 20 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:295]
General Orders, 21 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:303]+
From Major Thomas Smyth, Jr., 25 January 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:348]
From George Read, 5 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:461]
To Brigadier General John Lacey, Jr., 8 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:478]+
From Major General Lafayette, 9 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:489]+
From Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 9 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:492]+
From John Parke Custis, 12 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:514]+
From Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston, 12 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:518]+
From Major General Nathanael Greene, 20 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:607]
From General William Howe, 21 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:624]
From General William Howe, 21 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:627]
From Brigadier General William Smallwood, 21 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:635]+
From Thomas Johnson, 22 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:642]+
From William Gordon, 25 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:661]+
To Brigadier General William Smallwood, 25 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:668]+
To George Read, 26 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:676]+
From Ephraim Blaine, 28 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:692]
To Lund Washington, 28 February 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 13:700]+
From Captain Stephen Chambers, 23 March 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:281]
From Colonel Israel Shreve, 28 March 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:339]
From Nicholas Cooke, 31 March 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:367]+
From William Livingston, 9 April 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:438]
From Colonel Obadiah Johnson, 10 April 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:458]
To William Livingston, 14 April 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:514]+
From Brigadier General Duportail, 23 April 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:594]+
From Brigadier General Enoch Poor, 23 April 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:605]+
From Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum, 23 April 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 14:608]
To Brigadier General William Smallwood, 1 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:9]+
From Brigadier General John Lacey, Jr., 2 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:15]
From Colonel Israel Shreve, 4 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:33]
To Major General Benjamin Lincoln, 7 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:74]+
Council of War, 8 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:80]
To Thomas Wharton, Jr., 11 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:106]
From Colonel Stephen Moylan, 13 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:119]+
To Ephraim Blaine, 17 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:138]+
To Major General Horatio Gates, 18 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:151]+
To Henry Laurens, 18 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:155]
To Gouverneur Morris, 18 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:157]+
From Colonel Israel Shreve, 18 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:160]
From Gouverneur Morris, 23 May 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:203]+
From Brigadier General William Maxwell, 5–7 June 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:326]
To Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg, 18 June 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 15:460]+
To Vice Admiral d'Estaing, 14 July 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 16:71]+
To Henry Laurens, 22 July 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 16:128]
To Major General John Sullivan, 22 July 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 16:133]
To Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., 20 August 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 16:341]
From George Clinton, 15 October 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 17:387]+
To Brigadier General Edward Hand, 19 October 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 17:463]+
From Brigadier General Charles Scott, 25 October 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 17:576]+
From Major General Nathanael Greene, 27 October 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 17:602]
To Colonel Theodorick Bland, 5 November 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 18:47]+
From Brigadier General Edward Hand, 10 November 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 18:88]+
From Jeremiah Wadsworth, 14 November 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 18:157]+
To William Livingston, 18 November 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 18:199]+
To Brigadier General William Maxwell, 21 December 1778 [Revolutionary War Series 18:484]+
From Peter Scull, 10 February 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 19:169]+
From Peter Scull, 19 February 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 19:233]+
From Brigadier General Edward Hand, 20 March 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 19:538]
To Major General Israel Putnam, 28 April 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 20:258]+
From Brigadier General Edward Hand, 12 May 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 20:450]
From George Clinton, 18 May 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 20:524]
From Philip Schuyler, 21 May 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 20:563]
From Colonel Israel Shreve, 23 May 1779 [Revolutionary War Series 20:589]+
From Richard Henry Lee, 26 December 1784 [Confederation Series 2:231]+
To Richard Henry Lee, 8 February 1785 [Confederation Series 2:332]
To the Governor and Council of North Carolina, 26 August 1790 [Presidential Series 6:328]+
From Edward Newenham, 12 February 1792 [Presidential Series 9:566]
From Henry Knox, 14 December 1793 [Presidential Series 14:523]
– American army sent to [1 reference]
– American boats on [1 reference]
– American cavalry crosses [1 reference]
– American cavalry to [2 references]
– American defense of [2 references]
– American retreat across [10 references]
– American ships and boats on [17 references]
– American troops at [19 references]
– American troops cross [18 references]
– American troops march to [2 references]
– American troops to [1 reference]
– American warships in [2 references]
– and Philadelphia defenses [1 reference]
– and summer campaign plans [7 references]
– anticipated freezing of [9 references]
– attempt to draw army away from [1 reference]
– beacon-boat for [2 references]
– boats on [3 references]
– British boats on [3 references]
– British depredations near [1 reference]
– British fleet in [18 references]
– British movements on [18 references]
– British prisoners cross [1 reference]
– British shipping on [10 references]
– British ships on [21 references]
– British threat of crossing [19 references]
– British threat of sailing up [14 references]
– British threat to [17 references]
– British transports in [18 references]
– British troops cross [20 references]
– Continental naval activities [6 references + 3 subentries]
– Convention Army to [10 references]
– crossing of [2 references]
– defense of frontier on [1 reference]
– defenses [55 references + 1 subentry]
– deserters swim across [1 reference]
– distances on [1 reference]
– expeditions along [2 references]
– falls of [25 references]
– ferries and fords on [75 references]
– filled with water [1 reference]
– first American crossing to Trenton [10 references]
– flour procured near [1 reference]
– forage transported on [2 references]
– fortifications on [91 references]
– forts on [1 reference]
– French fleet expected in [1 reference]
– GW approves construction of pier on [1 reference]
– GW's crossing retarded [1 reference]
– ice on [24 references]
– in American strategy [1 reference]
– in campaign against Six Nations (Sullivan's expedition) [6 references]
– lighthouses on [2 references]
– Loyalist and Indian activity near [4 references]
– military operations [1 reference]
– militia cross [2 references]
– mooring chains for [1 reference]
– naval engagements on [2 references]
– naval operations [2 references]
– navigational obstructions on [14 references]
– navigation of [4 references]
– piers on [1 reference]
– pilots for [4 references]
– pontoon bridges on [1 reference]
– privateers and prizes in [2 references]
– prize ships in [2 references]
– proposed floating bridge on [1 reference]
– prospective American march to [8 references]
– prospective British crossing of [1 reference]
– prospective British march down [1 reference]
– reinforcements cross [1 reference]
– roads to [1 reference]
– scouts at [1 reference]
– second American crossing to Trenton [9 references]
– settlements on [3 references]
– ships in [2 subentries]
– shoals in [1 reference]
– smallpox inoculation efforts near [1 reference]
– soundings of [1 reference]
– stores cross [1 reference]
– surveys [9 references]
– survey of country around [1 reference]
– threat of British crossing [41 references]
– transport of supplies on [1 reference]
See also Washington, George: views on Delaware River defense [link unavailable]