Board of War to George Washington, 3 July 1781
From the Board of War
War Office [Philadelphia] July 3d 1781
Dear Sir
The Board have been honoured with your Excellency’s letter of the 28. Ultimo and particular Attention will be paid to the Contents.1 The Commissary General of Military Stores is in a way to be furnished with some Money the necessary purchases and Preparations are making in that department.2 At the same time we wish you to inform us from time to time of the Measures you wish us to take and you may rest assured of our utmost Exertions to forward your Views We have the Honor to inclose a resolution of Congress for furnishing your Table And can assure you it is the Intention of the Board to carry the resolution into Execution with effect and dispatch.3 We have the Honour to be with the highest respect Your Excellencys most obed. servt
By order Ezek. Cornell
LS, DLC:GW.
2. To meet “the several estimates of the Board of War for the present campaign,” Congress had ordered Robert Morris, superintendent of finance, on 28 June to “devise ways and means for furnishing such of them, as, upon consultation with the Commander in Chief and Board of War, shall be deemed most essentially necessary.” Morris also was to “order such sums of money into the hands of the quartermaster general, and the commissary of military stores, as, upon consultation as aforesaid, may be necessary for executing the duties required of them respectively” (, 20:707; see also Board of War to GW, 22 June, n.2).
3. The referenced congressional resolution, adopted on 2 July, reads: “That the Board of War take Order for furnishing the Table of the Commander in Chief” (DLC:GW; see also , 20:716, and Samuel Huntington to GW, this date, n.2; the verso indicates that the board mistakenly enclosed “this resolve” in their second letter to GW “of this date sent by Express”).
GW replied to the board on 9 July (DLC:GW).