1To George Washington from John Shuttleworth, 22 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to inform your Excellency that I arrived here in the Packet from England on Tuesday last. That I left Annapolis, where I was resident near five years as Physician to Govr Eden, about two years preceding the present dispute, to which place I am now on my return. Permit me to solicit your Excellency’s passport to Maryland. This letter will be conveyed to your Excellency by the first...