1From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Sherman, 24 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
I am favd with yours of the 11th reminding me of your former request to have an enquiry into your Conduct and that of the Regiment under your command on the 7th Decembr last. When you first mentioned this matter, the Army was in so moving a State that it was impossible to hold a Court, as soon as we were fixed, I recollected your request, and intended to have given an order for the enquiry,...