1To George Washington from William Fitzhugh, 13 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honor to recieve your favr of the 5th Inst. & am much Oblig’d to you. I hope you will forgive the trouble I have Given, & may Hereafter Give you by recommendations, & Shew no more regard to them, than you think, or may know they Deserve, As in my Scituation, I have many Applications, which might be thought unfriendly to reject, you may However, be Assur’d, That I will not Name to you...