1George Washington to Major David S. Franks, 21 October 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Preakness [ New Jersey ] October 21, 1780 . Discusses proposed court of inquiry into Franks’s conduct. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
2From George Washington to Major David S. Franks, 21 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 16th with the request of which I should be happy to comply fully, did it not appear to me that the transactions at Philadelphia cannot well be investigated but on the spot; and the particular one to which you allude is so much of a civil nature, that I think you had best procure some sort of civil examination. I shall direct General Heath to have an inquiry...