Philadelphia Augt. 3d. 1781
Sir,
We do ourselves the honor to transmit to Your Excellency Extracts as underneath from Genl. Washington’s & the Marquis de la Fayettes’ Letters,1
& am, with great respect, Yr. Excellencys Most Obt. Servt.
Danl Carroll
Receiver’s copy, Maryland State Papers (Red Books), Maryland Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis.
1 Below this letter Carroll copied excerpts from the first paragraph of Washington’s July 30 reply to Thomas McKean’s letter of July 26 and the first two paragraphs of Lafayette’s July 26 letter to Washington, both of which had been read in Congress this day. See the following two entries.