1From George Washington to Ezra Newhall, 8 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am excessively sorry to be under the disagreeable necessity of informing you that the 5th Masstts Regt was one of the Corps alluded to in the Orders of this day, as not having made that elegant appearance at the review yesterday, which was expected—Let me entreat & conjure you Sir, in the most forcible terms; and let me enjoin it upon both Officers & men, that the greatest possible exertions...