Letter from General Washington to the Committee of Safety

v5:1479

"In Congress, April 26, 1776.

"Resolved, That none of the Troops already raised be, for the present, disbanded for want of Arms; and that the General apply to the Convention and Committee of Safety of New-York for such Arms as may have been collected under the Resolve of Congress for disarming Non-Associators and disaffected persons, or any other Arms they can supply and deliver to the New-York Troops."