George Washington to William Livingston, 18 June 1780
George Washington to William Livingston
Springfield [New Jersey] June 18, 1780. Is sending Brigadier General Henry Knox to present to the New Jersey legislature the “ill consequences” of their plan of “a draft from the Militia to serve for the campaign under their own Officers, instead of being incorporated with their Continental batallions.”
Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.