1From George Washington to Brigadier General James Hogun, 7 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received your favor of the 3d instant. It will not possibly be in my power to make any augmentation of the garrison from this army. Should the daly guards, as you have stated them, be indispensably necessary at ⟨Phi⟩ladelphia—you must apply to the board of war; and represen⟨t⟩ the matter, that the militia may be called on for this purpose. As the drafts returning home, will leave a number of...