1George Mathews and Christian Febiger to Virginia Delegates in Congress, 28 December 1780 (Madison Papers)
RC ( NA : PCC , No. 78, XVI, 109–10). Addressed to “Colonel Bland, and Mr Maddison. Present” Some doubts arises with us, whether, under the late Acts of Congress for arranging the Army of the United States, the Officers of the State of Virginia that have been, or now are Prisoners of War on Long Island, may be equally intituled to their Rank in that Line, (agreable to their Standing in the...
2To George Washington from Colonel George Mathews, 30 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
When the more important duties of your Excellency’s station can spare a moment I beg your attention to the feeling and forlorn state of your Officers of the ninth Virginia Regiment taken at the battle of German-Town. It was a matter of equal surprise and concern to me to find that the State of Virginia made no provision for my Regiment with the rest of their troops and on an event so feeling...