1. This enclosed copy has not been found, but see GW to Henry Champion, Sr., this date.

2. At this place on the draft manuscript, Hamilton first wrote “here.” He then struck out that word and wrote “with the Army” above the line.

A letter from Wadsworth to the Board of Treasury had upset government officials and dismayed Q.M. Gen. Nathanael Greene, who earlier had requested his return (see Greene to Wadsworth, 14 May, in Greene Papers, description begins Richard K. Showman et al., eds. The Papers of General Nathanael Greene. 13 vols. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1976–2005. description ends 4:29–30).

In a letter of 5 June to John Jay, president of Congress, Wadsworth tendered his resignation as commissary general of purchases, noting “this I shou’d not have done at this critical season if I had any prospect of feeding the Army” (DNA: PCC, item 78). Congress denied Wadsworth’s request (see JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 14:695, and Jay to Wadsworth, 8 June, in Smith, Letters of Delegates, description begins Paul H. Smith et al., eds. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789. 26 vols. Washington, D.C., 1976–2000. description ends 13:36). Wadsworth reached Smiths Clove, N.Y., by 12 June, on which date he wrote Jay in a letter that in part reads: “I shall continue to execute my Office this Campaign; but my Exertions however great will not be sufficient to furnish the supplies without the particular support and attention of Congress” (DNA:PCC, item 78).