Excerpt from The Writings of George Washington From the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799, Vol. 9: Prepared Under the Direction of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and Published by Authority of Congress; August 1, 1777 November 3, 1777 Wishes to be excused from selecting a commander for the Northern Army - Need of militia reenforcements for that army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.