1From George Washington to John Clark, Jr., Matthew Clarkson, and William Palfrey, 13 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
The distance at which your Office is held, makes it exceedingly inconvenient for the Officers to attend there, as they are obliged to do in the ordinary course of business. It will therefore be necessary for you to choose among the huts that have lately been quitted one that will be most commodious for the transaction of your affairs. Let your Office and that of the Pay master be as near...