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Subject Area: War and Peace
Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. - George Washington, The Writings of George Washington, vol. X (1782-1785) [1891]

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The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1890). Vol. X (1782-1785).

Part of: The Writings of George Washington, 14 vols.

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THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

I have given my opinion to Congress through the secretary at war, that it will be advisable to make a permanent incorporation of all the troops southward of the Delaware in the manner you propose; but, as the observations did not apply to the other troops, these regiments ought to remain on their present establishment.