1To George Washington from Brigadier General William Irvine, 28 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with your letter of this day, and however incapable of so Great a Task, Shall in Obedience to Your Excellencys Command give Such opinion as my Ideas for the Present moment furnishes me with. I am at some loss with respect to our Numbers But Shall suppose the whole Strength including those at Rhode Island & Exclusive of those to the Westward, to be About Eleven Thousand—then we...