From Robert Morris (unpublished)
Office of Finance 7th. October 1782.
Dear Sir,

In a Letter of the second Instant, which I have just now received from the Head Quarters of the American Army, is the following Paragraph, “In short, my dear Sir, the Want of Money gives rise to so many complaints and uneasinesses, that without a portion of it, I fear the Infection will spread from officer to Soldier. It is most vexatious to see the parade of the States upon every Occasion; They declare in the most pompous manner that they will never make Peace but upon their own terms, and yet call upon them for the Support of the War, and you may as well call upon the dead. If they persist in their present accused Systems, I do not see but they must accept Peace upon any terms.” I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant.

(signed) Robt. Morris.

p. s. I should have sent the whole Letter, from which this is extracted, but I have not time to put it in Cypher.
His Excellency B. Franklin Esqr.
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