1From George Washington to Brigadier General John Nixon, 25 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have received your L[e]tter of Yesterday and can assure you, that no measures have been wanting on my part, to obtain Commissions for the Massachusetts line in consequence of the late Arrangement. As soon as it was finished—it was transmitted to Congress—with an earnest request—that it might be committed to the Board of War, if it was approved—that the Commissions might be issued. Since...