Title
[Document, 1780 February 07]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Houston, William Churchill, approximately 1746-1788 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
February 07, 1780
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
The writer is a member of Congress and a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Finance is the principal, if not the sole, embarrassment of Congress. Reports the unsuccessful attempt to take Savannah, Georgia, by allied forces, and death of Pulaski. Outside of Savannah the British have little power in Georgia, and the State government is reorganized. Six or seven thousand British troops arrived in New York about Christmas, and it is expected that they will be dispatched for service in the South. Both Clinton and Cornwallis have sailed and Knyphausen commands in New York, but it is not known whether Clinton has left for England. Unofficial reports from the Floridas state that Spanish are in possession of Pensacola and move toward St. Augustine.
Identifier
columbia.jay.05684