1To George Washington from Captain Nathaniel Ewing, 9 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I was appointed on the 3d January—76 a first Lieut. in the Regiment late Smallwood’s, and served that Campaign, And upon it’s establishment as the first, and the Incorporation of the seven Independant Companies as the second Continental Regts in the Maryland Line on the 9th of October following and five new Regiments ordered to be raised pursuant to a Resolve of Congress of the 16th Septr—76,...