Acknowledges receipt of 6 August, a copy of the Act of Congress of 8 March, and the report to which it refers. The new arrangement of the reguments might have been done better, for some regiments already have their full complement of men.Washington returns the Report of the Board of War, and encloses copies ofCaptain Hopkins of Moylan's Dragoons of 30 July, and 6 August of Major GeneralHowe. In han d of Robert Hanson Harrison, with additions and corrections inWashington's hand.
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829