From George Washington to the Board of War, 3 August 1779
To the Board of War
Head Qrs West point Augt 3: 1779
Gentlemen
I have the Honor to transmit you the Arrangement of the 11th pensylva. Regiment made by a Board of Field Officers of that line, appointed for the purpose, on which the Board will be pleased to issue Commissions. I inclose the old arrangement made out by Colo. Hubley—by which the Board will see what alterations have been made.1 They will be pleased to forward the Commissions to Colo. Hubley. I have the Honor to be with great respect Gentn Yr Most Obedt servant
Go: Washington
Df, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. The enclosed arrangements have not been identified. For GW’s directions to convene a board of field officers to review the arrangement of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, see GW to Arthur St. Clair, 25 July.
2. For the appointment of Capt. Lawrence Keene as aide-de-camp pro tempore to Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair, see General Orders, 5 August.
3. The draft manuscript contains a deleted postscript, in the writing of GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison, reading: “I inclose a Report of a Board of Officers in the case of Capn Henderson—upon which a Commission will be issued.” A copy of the officers’ report, dated 1 Aug., is in DLC:GW. The docket, in Harrison’s writing, reads in part: “Original transmitted by Genl St. Clair to Gov. Reed.” See also John Henderson to GW, 22 July, and GW to St. Clair, 25 July, n.1.