1General Orders, 19 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major General Howe Lieutenant Colonel Sherman Major Woodbridge Brigade Major Cushing Qr Master Bulkley For duty tomorrow the 1st Connecticut & 3d Massachusetts regiments. The 2d New York regiment to relieve the 4th Massas regiment on fatigue at West Point tomorrow. The Commander in Chief not only takes occasion to express his own approbation of the performance of the...
2From George Washington to George Clinton, 19 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have received your favor of the 15th Inst. with the Enclosures. And tho’ at the same time it is true, I have the general command of the Allied Army, as to all its movements, operations &c. yet I have never considered myself as having an absolute right to interfere with the internal police & regulation of the french Army under the immediate orders of His Excellency the Count de Rochambeau;...