1From George Washington to Robert Erskine, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
Lord Stirling writes me that a very good road might be opened from Ringwood into the clove, about a mile below Galloways, along the e[a]st side of Tucksets pond. This will be a shorter route from Morris Town to New-Windsor —You will therefore be pleased to mark out the road, and make the proper communication to Lord Stirling that it may be carried into execution. I am Df , in James McHenry’s...