1From George Washington to Samuel Allinson, 10 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 31st of March representing the ill treatment you had experienced from Lt Carnes. I assure you I have the utmost abhorrence of any violence offered to the inhabitants, and shall be always ready to attend to their complaints and grant all the redress ⟨in my power.⟩ In the presen⟨t case it is at your option to⟩ obtain satisfaction eit⟨her from the civil or...