1From George Washington to Brigadier General David Forman, 18 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
I am favd with yours of the 16th instant by Express. I had likewise the pleasure of yours a few days ago by Major Harrison, to whom I could only give the same Answer, respecting the law passed in Maryland to preclude all recruiting till their own quota was made up, that I had given to several others, which was, that it was a matter in which I could not interfere. The intelligence contained in...