1From George Washington to a Board of General Officers, 1 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I transmit you herewith three Papers—indorsed No. 1. 2 & 3, which I apprehend will be necessary for your consideration in the cases of rank, that will be before you to day, agreable to the Orders of yesterday. The paper No. 1, and the paragraphs 1 & 7 in that indorsed No. 3—are proceedings of Congress. No. 2 is the opinion of a Board in a case that happened between the two periods when the...