Letter from Captain Morris to Lord Stirling: Has no Money to buy Arms, and half his Company have none

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Hanover, December 11, 1775.

MY LORD: I have not seen Lieutenant-Colonel Winds since I left Elizabethtown. Have not money to buy arms, one equal half of my company have none; nor have I received the cloth for the soldiers; have sent Mr˙ Brown, my Second Lieutenant, to town after it, and to wait on your Lordship for orders. I understand by Major De Hart that my son' s commission is not come. If it should be thought proper by your Lordship, I would wait on Mr˙ Tucker for it. My Lord, there is nearly one-half my company in the old uniform, (and likewise Captain Howell' s,) and seem very much opposed to altering it, as they have red waistcoats, and not able to get white.

I am with great esteem, your Lordship' s most obedient humble servant,

JOSEPH MORRIS.

To Lord Stirling.