1From George Washington to Colonel Ezekiel Cheever, 7 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
Application having been made to me by Governor Trumbull for Liberty to draw a Quantity of Arms out of the Magazine at springfield for the Militia of that state in case it should be invaded, I have complied with his request upon the following Conditions which you will please observe. That should the state be actually invaded, & a sufficiency of Arms remains in the Magazine after complying with...