1To George Washington from Artillery Captain Lieutenants, 30 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
It is with the most unfeigned concern that the Captain Lieutenants of Artillery find themselves under a real necessity of beging your Excellency’s attention to their case, as they conceive themselves very sensibly affected by a Resolve of the Honorable Congress passed the 27th May last. They wish your Excellency to be assured that no consideration but a clear conviction of the justice they owe...