1From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., and Colonel Samuel Elmore, 1 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
Having just received from Congress a return of Colo. Elmore’s Regiment now in your State, with directions that it shall join this Army, I request the favor of you to order him to march immediately to this place—They have appointed John Brown Esqr. Lieut. Colo. of it, and Robert Cocke Esqr. Major. Commissions for such Officers as appear with their respective Companies I am to fill up. I have...
2From George Washington to Colonel Samuel Elmore, 7 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
On the 1st Inst: I wrote you and directed you to mar[c]h immediately with your Regiment to Joine the Army here. When I gave this Order I supposed you and your Regiment to be in Connecticut, But understanding that you have got to Albany with It, or near that place, I have thought proper to countermand the Orders then given and desire that you will put yourself under the command of General...