1From George Washington to Colonel John Bailey, 19 November 1777 (Washington Papers)
I recd yours dated Hardwick the 16th. I have only to desire you to march forward with all expedition and join me at this place. If you have not left an Officer on whom you can depend to bring on the Men left at Goshen as soon as they are fit for Service I desire you will send such an one back for that purpose. I am &ca. Df , in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW ; Varick transcript , DLC:GW . At...
2V. To Colonel John Bailey, 30 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have been favd with yours of the ——inst. and am sorry to find that the particular circumstances mentioned by you lay you under the necessity of quitting the service—Having made it a rule whenever applications of a similar nature have been made to me by Officers of your Rank to refer them to Congress, I must request you to signify your intentions to them and await thei[r] determination....