1To George Washington from Jean-Daniel de Gambs, 24 February 1784 (Washington Papers)
The kindness you were pleased to shew me, when we had the honor of being commanded by you, encourages me to claim your protection for admittance into the Order of Cincinnatus. I should be much flattered with the honor—I have been the oldest Major in Count Rochambeau’s army, and in this quality made three Campains in America as Major of Brigade: and independant of the siege of Yorck, fortune...