1To George Washington from Colonel William Malcom, 4 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
General Howe intimated to me that it was Your Excellencys pleasure, that when the Eastern Militia Arrived, I Should employ the Garrison, on the defences of the place & such Services as appeard most essentially necessary & usefull—This day Col. Wade who Commands the Bay Troops is come in & informs me that 800 or 1000 men will be at the Water Side this Evening—the Hampshire Militia are at...