1To George Washington from Colonel Thomas Elliott, 22 March 1777 (Washington Papers)
I make no doubt but you have been surprised why I did not comply with your Orders of the 12th Jany, in Joining my Regimt as soon as possable, in order to have the Troops Cloathed, Disciplin’d, and prepared to take the Feild early in the Spring; Your Letter (one I before wrote you) came to hand abt the tenth of Febry at which time I was much afflicted with an Inflamation in my Eyes, but hoped...