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Author: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Title: The last official address, of His Excellency General Washington, to the legislatures of the United States. To which is annexed, a collection of papers relative to half-pay, and commutation of half-pay, granted by Congress to the officers of the army.
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Print source: The last official address, of His Excellency General Washington, to the legislatures of the United States. To which is annexed, a collection of papers relative to half-pay, and commutation of half-pay, granted by Congress to the officers of the army.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Hartford:: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin., M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]
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Military pensions -- United States -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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A Collection of Papers, relative to Half-Pay and Commutation of Half-Pay, compiled by Permission of His Excel|lency General WASHINGTON, from the original Papers in his Possession.
EXTRACT of a REPRESENTATION made by Gene|ral WASHINGTON to a COMMITTEE of CONGRESS, January 29, 1778.
Congress being fully convinced of the propriety and necessity of making some further provision for the army, were pleased to pass the following resolutions:
In addition to the foregoing resolutions, Congress were pleas|ed to make the following resolve, calculated to afford that relief to the unfortunate and distressed, which humanity and gratitude demanded:
These resolutions, for a short time, produced the desired effect; but the encreasing distresses of the army, in the subsequent years, arising from the inability of the public to perform their engagements, caused such discontents and uneasinesses, that alarming consequences were feared; at the same time, the reform of the army, which was proposed to take place by the resolution of Congress of the 3d of October, 1780—not a little irritated their minds, already soured by disappointment. Un|der these circumstances the following part of a letter from the Commander in Chief was written to Congress:
Soon after Congress were pleased to pass the following resolutions:
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In consequence of which Congress were pleased to pass the fol|lowing resolutions, viz.
Soon after the Committee of the army made the following ge|neral report to Major General Knox, with whom they had been directed to correspond on the subjects of the foregoing petition to Congress.
On the 10th of March the following anonymous notification made its appearance, and was accompanied by an anonymous address to the officers of the army, which is subjoined:
No. II.
In consequence of the preceding Papers, the subsequent Orders were issued:
The next evening the following anonymous Address, marked No. II. was dispersed through the Army:
The four preceding Papers were transmitted to Congress by the Commander in Chief, in his letter of the 12th March, which was conceived in the following words, viz.
And on the 16th of the same month, the Commander in Chief wrote the following letter to his Excellency the President of Congress:
On the 18th General WASHINGTON expressed his approbation in the following public orders:
On the 18th March, the following letter from the Commander in Chief was written to Congress:
The papers enclosed in the preceding letter, are annexed, except the extract from a representation made by General Washing|ton to a Committee of Congress, January 29th, 1778, which is inserted in the 13th page; and also the transcript of a let|ter from General Washington to the President of Congress, dated near Passaick Falls, October 11th, 1780, which likewise may be seen at page 17th.
Previous to the receipt of the foregoing letter, with its enclo|sures,—Congress were pleased to pass the following resolu|tions:
MARCH 22, 1783. BY THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
Just at the moment when Congress had given their sanction to the Act of Commutation, intelligence arrived that the provi|sional Articles of Peace were signed; but the arrival of the Definitive Treaty being delayed beyond the general Expec|tation, and it being found necessary to diminish the public Expenditures, Congress thought proper to pass the following Resolution:
Upon the Promulgation of this Resolution the subsequent Ad|dress was presented to the Commander in Chief.
To the foregoing Address, General Washington was pleased to return the following Answer, viz.
The two preceding papers were enclosed in the following letter to his Excellency the President of Congress.