1From George Washington to Major General Arthur St. Clair, 26 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
My intelligence from new York renders it indispensibly necessary for me to look towards the Posts in the highlands. As your division has been inspected, I wish you to hold it in the most perfect readiness for marching and encamping at an hours wa[r]ning —for these purposes you will settle matters with the Qr ⟨M⟩r Genl. ⟨As⟩ it is much my wish to have ⟨a light active Army this campaign, I shall...