1To George Washington from John Brooks, 15 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
Report was made to me this morning by my Quarter Master that the beef in store was unfit to be issued—In consequence of which I appointed three officers to go and examine it. Their report I have taken the liberty to transmit to your Excellency. The Commissary, refusing to issue that of a better quality unless the poorest is taken with it, I have order’d my Quarter Master not to receive any...
2To George Washington from Anne-César, chevalier de La Luzerne, 15 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
Vôtre Excéllence recevra sans doute des nouvelles directes de l’etat des affaires en Europe; j’ai pensé néanmoins qu’il pourroit être interéssant pour vous d’être informé de quelques détails que j’ai eu ordre de ne pas rendre publics, mais dont le Congrès aura également connoissance. Le Ministère anglois s’est haté de conclure un Traité eventuel de paix avec les Etats unis, et leur a accordé...
3To George Washington from William Duke Moore, 15 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
As an Artist of the City of Dublin, I have made bold to employ my Talents in devising a Seal expressive of your Excellency’s Superior Merit, as a General, and unparalelled Virtue, as a Statesman; and deliverer of your Country, on which Account, your Excellency is so deservedly admired and revered, throughout Europe as well as America. I have placed your Excellency in Front, Trampling on the...