The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

PART II.] THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 85
TO ROBERT MORRIS,
Head-Quarters, near Peekskill, 28 June, 1781.
DEAR SIR,
Your opinion of the absolute necessity of a repeal
of all tender laws, before a new species of paper,
though upon ever so good an establishment, will gain
credit *with the public, is certainly founded upon reason and justified by experience. I am extremely
obliged to you for the assistance you have already
afforded us in the article of flour. Without that aid,
we should have been already distressed; and I must
confess to you, that I see no prospect of being supplied, but through your means, as, by the last letters
from the President and Council of Pennsylvania, I could
expect little or nothing from that quarter. Whether
the Assembly, in their present session, have adopted
any more vigorous measures to obtain supplies, I have
not yet been informed.
General Schuyler a few days ago acquainted you,
that there were more considerable quantities of flour
upon the North River, than he had expected. The
ease and cheapness of transporting any in that situation will undoubtedly induce you to secure what may
be in that quarter, should you find yourself enabled to
extend your purchases. I have the honor to be, with
perfect respect and esteem, &c.,
through Middletown, Wallingford, North Haven, Ripton, and North Stratford, in which last place it will be on the 28th."- JS. Letter, Hartford,
June 23d.
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