George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Gerhard Diriks, 21 February 1781
George Washington to
Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Gerhard Diriks1
[New Windsor, New York] February 21, 1781. Discusses question of Diriks’s rank in relation to new arrangement of the Army.
Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Diriks was breveted lieutenant colonel, Continental Army, on November 5, 1778. He was honorably discharged on May 17, 1781.