1General Orders, 5 April 1783 (Washington Papers)
For tomorrow Major Pettengell B. Qr Mr Jersey Brigade For duty the 8th Massachusetts regiment. No Amunition to be issued from the Magazine untill further orders. The Muster and inspection of the Army for the month of March is countermanded untill further orders. Lieutenant Colonel Cochran, Majors Scott and Gibbs Doctr Cochran Director of the Hospitals with one Hospital surgeon will constitute...
2From George Washington to Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 5 April 1783 (Washington Papers)
It is easier for you to conceive than for me to express the sensibility of my Heart at the communications in your letter of the 5th of Feby from Cadiz. It is to these communications we are indebted for the only acct yet recd of a general Pacification. My mind upon the receipt of this news was instantly assailed by a thousand ideas, all of them contending for pre-eminence, but believe me my...