1To George Washington from Major Peter Scull, 27 December 1777 (Washington Papers)
I trouble your Excellency with extreme reluctance on a Subject so wholly personal as my present application, but indispensable necessity obliges me to do it. It is to inform you that my situation in life is such, that to remain longer in the Army would subject me to great inconvenience and distress, & on that account to request your Excellency’s permission to resign the appointment I now hold...
2From George Washington to Major Peter Scull, 5 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
A few days ago I recieved your Favor of the 27th Ulto. I wish it had been on any other subject than that of your resignation, and am extremely sorry the situation of your Affairs should have made such an application necessary. I must request, Sir, if it can be done, that you will not entertain an idea of it. It is no time for Officers of merit in which class I consider you, to leave the Army....
3To George Washington from Major Peter Scull, 7 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
I had this day the honor of receiving your Excellency’s Letter of the 5th Instant. Imprest with the warmest sentiments of Gratitude & attachment, I return you thanks for the polite & obliging manner in which you are pleased to answer my late application. At the time I made the Request I was conscious, Sir, that there was some impropriety in doing it, but that or inevitable distress was the...
4From George Washington to Peter Scull, 19 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
It having been judged expedient to appoint an inspector General with a proper number of Sub inspectors for the purpose of introducing a regular System of Discipline and Maneuvres into the Army; The Baron Steuben an Officer of great experience is pitched upon to execute that important Business, and as he is intirely unacquainted with the merits of the Gentlemen of the Army, he has desired me to...
5To George Washington from Peter Scull, 28 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
Permit me to address your Excellency once more on the subject of my resignation; & to decline accepting the Post you were lately pleased to offer me. I assure you, Sir, I am most firmly attach’d to the cause of my Country, & am fond of the military life; but my peculiar situation impels me to enter into another Line. I feel the most fervent sentiments of Gratitude for the several instances of...
6To George Washington from Peter Scull, 5 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Peter Scull, 5 Dec. 1778. On 13 Dec., GW wrote Scull , referring to “your favr of the 5th.”
7From George Washington to Peter Scull, 13 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
In consequence of your favr of the 5th I shall take the first opportunity that offers of ordering Israel Dodge to Fort Pitt and shall direct him to call at Philada on his way. Mr Hoogland Adjt of Sheldons Regt of Dragoons is employed by the Colonel to provide the Regimental Cloathing for the ensuing Year. He goes to Pennsylvania as the most likely place of procuring leather Breeches for which...
8To George Washington from Peter Scull, 10 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
In pursuance of the resolve of Congress inclosed, I have the honor to transmit to your Excellency the arrangement of the Army with the papers on which it is founded. Those Corps which are not comple[te]ly arranged, your Excellency will find properly noticed in the inclosed list; and the returns that relate to them are contained in a separate pacquet. I have the honor to be with the highest...
9To George Washington from Peter Scull, 19 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
The originals of the inclosed papers were referred to this Board from Congress; and I am now directed to transmit Copies of them for your Excellency’s information in the points which they treat of. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Your Excellency’s Most ob. hb. Serv. ALS , DLC:GW . The enclosures are copies of letters from John Dodge to the Congress, from Pittsburgh on 25 Jan.,...
10To George Washington from Peter Scull, 22 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed are some additional papers respecting the arrangement, which have just come to hand. I have the honor to be Your Excellency’s Most hb. Serv. ALS , DLC:GW . Scull enclosed the letter that Maj. John Murray of the 2d Pennsylvania Regiment had written to the president of Pennsylvania, Joseph Reed, on 14 Feb. regarding his dispute over date of rank with Maj. Francis Nichols of the 9th...