1From George Washington to Lewis Morris, 4 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
I have been favoured with your Letter of the 18th Ulto by Messrs Ogdan & Burr, & wish it was in my power to do that justice to the merits of those Gentlemen which you think them entitled to—whenever it is, I shall not be unmindful of your recommendations —The two or three appointments with which I have been honour’d by the Congress were partly engaged before I receiv’d your Letter, & you will...