1From George Washington to the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 19 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
The readiness which the Militia of Penna have shewn by engaging in the service of their Country at an inclement season of the Year, when my Army was reduced to an Handfull of Men, and our affairs in the most Critical situation, does great Honor to them and to your State: But altho’ they have contributed greatly to the success, which has lately attended our Arms, I must inform you, that with...