“To George Washington from John Thomas, 23 October 1775 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0200. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 2, 16 September 1775 – 31 December 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 223.]