Folder 44
Contains 17 Results:
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1777-1799
Series 6, arranged alphabetically, consists of photostats and other reproductions of documents related to Benjamin Tallmadge held by individuals and other repositories.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1777 Sep 22
Discusses the three sources of information available in an army camp and the discrepancy in the reports; Washington's campaigns; Aaron Burr's "little affair down in Hackensack." Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1780 Jul 25
Copies of letters sent to Wadsworth and to the officer commanding the French army on Rhode Island; connected to a letter by [?] Colt to Jonathan Trumbull; gives word of enemy movement along Long Island Sound. Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1780 Sep 4
Tallmadge has been arresting Connecticut Loyalists trying to join De Lancey's Volunteers in New York; some Loyalists sentenced to death; mentions the deaths of two officers from duels. Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1780 Oct 26
Refuses to supply evidence from Tallmadge's spy ring to trap a traitor because it would cost the identity of the agent; Tallmadge is attending the court martial of Col. Sheldon; comments on enemy movements; mention of establishing a permanent army. Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1781 Apr 24
Tallmadge has arrived to join a French element; the ships are all in extreme disrepair; mentions the French army and Count De Rochambeau. Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1796 Jul 16
Concerns private business affairs; Tallmadge wants to sell a mare to Wadsworth; also wants to put in an ice house. Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1797 Apr 1
Discusses the strained relations with France and the possibilities of war; the death of Sarah Reeve. Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1787 Apr 8
Discusses relations with France; both men want to avoid war. Photostat.
Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1798 Mar 31
Political topics, including discussion of a "rank Jacobin Club." Photostat.