1To George Washington from Capt. James Peale, 1 June 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Capt. James Peale, 1 June 1779. GW wrote Peale on 2 June: “I have received your letter of the 1st instant.”
2From George Washington to Captain James Peale, 2 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 1st instant. In a settlement of relative rank, in a line so perplexed as yours, no plan could be adopted, capable of giving satisfaction to the officer in all cases. You will be sensible of this on considering the circumstances with which the Maryland line was embarrassed; and the necessity of persuing certain fixed principles in its establishment. I have not...