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Asking Rodney to give orders for the Delaware militia to march and join the army under my command where ever it may be.
Original manuscript copy, with clerical signature, of a letter appealing to the Committee of Congress for Cooperation. This copy of the letter was sent to Delaware Governor Rodney. Discusses the shortage of troops in the Continental Army, the unreliability of the militia, and the need to begin this years campaign as soon as possible. Lists the troops received from each state, mentions the shortages of men, supply, and transportation. In this state of things, Gentlemen, I leave it to your own judgement to determine how little it will be in my power to answer the public expectations, unless more competent means can be, and are without delay put into my hands. Says it is not easy to conceive how inadequate our operating forces must be to any capital enterprize against the enemy. Planned arrival of French second division. The letter also lists the numbers of recruits received from some states and the deficiencies remaining.
Circular letter written by Washington as commander of the Continental Army to Rodney as Governor of Delaware. The two page letter is accompanied by a leaf entitled List of American Officers Prisoners who have violated their Paroles belonging to the State of Delaware. Says that he needs the help of the executive power of Rodney to recapture prisoners who have violated their paroles because they have served with the state militia and not the Continental Army. Washington claims it is a matter of honor for prisoners on parole to follow the stipulations of that condition. Says it will help facilitate honest exchanges in the future and keep others from violating parole. Says he does not have sufficient power to recapture these men and hopes Rodney can do it properly. The list for Delaware consists of one officer and another that is crossed out. The address leaf and the list of parole violators are each on separate sheets of paper. Washington's red wax seal is mostly intact.
Over 500 letters from the correspondence of a Delaware political figure in the Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence, published for the first time.
He went on to become a leading Whig in Delaware's fractured Assembly, a brigadier in a militia reluctant to fight, and, finally, chief executive of a state plagued by Tory sympathizers."--BOOK JACKET.
Discusses moving the cavalry of Count Pulaski's legion to where it will interfere less with supply with Rodney, then President of Delaware. Suggests Kent and Sussex counties in Delaware as a possible location and seeks the proper authority to quarter them there. Docketed twice, on the second page and on the address leaf.