1To George Washington from Antoine-Jean-Louis Le Bègue de Presle Duportail, 16 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
The officers of my department and myself have waited patienly till now with the army that Congress be pleased to take a Resolution Concerning them and we would wait still longer if we were not in a particular situation—when the army or part of it shall be dismissed the american officers may go home when they please—but it is not so with us—your Excellency knows that we are almost all...