1To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel J. Atlee, 2 August 1776: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg <Perth Amboy, August 2, 1776: The service of the state required the battalion of musketeers that I command to march before it was ready. The agent appointed to supply necessities was deficient, and many of the men lack sheets, britches, and stockings, which are not to be had here. I should be obliged if the committee would order a quantity of them,...