1To George Washington from Thomas Durie, 27 November 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to inform your Excellency, that on consulting with Lt Governor Jamieson for the removal of the sick Prisoners of War from Gloucester; the mode prescribed in your Letter to him was adopted. In consequence thereof 350 Privates marched from thence for Toddsbridge the 9th instant, and on the 10th & 14th about 300 embark’d in boats and proceeded up the River, for the same place....
2To George Washington from William Moore, 27 November 1781 (Washington Papers)
Our cordial acknowledgments are ever due to Your Excellency, for the great and disinterested service you have rendered our common country; but, on this occasion, we approach you with peculiar pleasure, and can only regret, that the common language of congratulation will too imperfectly convey our gratefull sense of the late eminent display of your military virtues, in the capture of a British...