1From George Washington to Jeremiah Dummer Powell, 31 July 1778 (Washington Papers)
About Nine hundred of the Nine Months Men from the State of Massachusets have joined the Army, and have been attatched to Nixon’s, Pattersons, and late Learneds Brigades. As Glovers has yet had no proportion, I desire that three hundred of those yet to come on, may be ordered to stop at Providence and join that Brigade, which will make it equal to the others. It is my intention to proportion...