Source: John Laurens to Henry Laurens, February 2, 1778, in William Gilmore Simms, ed., The Army Correspondence of Colonel John Lauren in the Years 1777–8 (New York: John B. Moreau,

Source: John Laurens to Henry Laurens, February 2, 1778, in William Gilmore Simms, ed., The Army Correspondence of Colonel John Lauren in the Years 1777–8 (New York: John B. Moreau,

Headquarters, Valley Forge, I barely hinted to you my dearest Father my desire to augment the Continental Forces from an untried Source—I wish I had any foundation to ask for