1From George Washington to Colonel Thomas Hartley, 29 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 23d inst. inclosing the proceedings of a Court martial of which you were President—the sentences pronounced in the cases of Shorkey and King appear to be just and they have my approbation—that pronounced in the case of William Jones is expressly contrary to the 3d Article of the 18th Section of the Articles of War, which limits the number of lashes that may...
2From George Washington to Colonel Thomas Hartley, 14 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
I this Evening received your Letter of the 13 Instant, with the papers to which it alluded. It appears to me, from a consideration of the respective proceedings, that both King and Shockey might be executed agreably to their sentences, without the imputation of a rigorous severity; However, as the Court Martial have interposed a petition in favor of the former, which has also received a sort...