George Washington to Major Joseph Prowell, 9 April 1779
George Washington to Major Joseph Prowell1
Middlebrook [New Jersey] April 9, 1779. Orders the “late” Colonel John Patton’s regiment to Wyoming, Pennsylvania, to be incorporated with the “late” Colonel Thomas Hartley’s regiment and places both regiments under command of Brigadier General Edward Hand.
Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Prowell was a major of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment.