To George Washington from James McHenry, 11 March 1796
From James McHenry
War office 11 March 1796
Sir.
I have the honour to inclose you a letter just received from Gen. Wilkinson with sundry returns and papers shewing the state of the army.1 With the greatest respect I am Sir your Excellencys Most ob. St
James McHenry
ALS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.
1. The enclosed documents have not been identified. McHenry may have enclosed James Wilkinson’s letter of 10 Feb. (not identified). A summary by McHenry of Wilkinson’s letters of 31 Jan. and 10 Feb. reveals the latter to have been a twenty-one-page litany of complaints about Gen. Anthony Wayne’s orders to him and the state of the command left him upon Wayne’s departure for Philadelphia (DLC:GW).