Dear Sir | Philadlphia 28th Augut 1783 |
I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the part of Colo. Jacksons who were here marched off this morning Except some so lately recover’d as to render their moving improper and a few others still sick; of the latter class none dangerously & in all as major Norton says about thirty odd—I am hastening with all possible dispatch matters here to a close. I have the honor to be Dear sir with the greatest Respect Sir your Excellency’s Most obt hum. Servt
Robt Howe
DLC: Papers of George Washington.