1From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 1 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have your favr of yesterday. I am sorry to hear of Colo. Russells death of whose indisposition I had not known. Lt Colo. Shearmans right to promotion to the Rank of Lt Colo. Commandant in consequence, must be reported to the State of Connecticut by the Brigadiers of that line agreeable to the terms of the late general order, as must also the names of the subalterns of the 8th Regt intitled...