DATE OF COMMISSION. GEORGE WASHINGTON, | Virginia | June 17, 1775. _Commander-in-Chief_ | | ISRAEL PUTNAM | Connecticut | „ 19, „ HORATIO GATES | Virginia | May 16, 1776. WILLIAM HEATH | Massachusetts | Aug. 9, „ NATHANIEL GREENE | Rhode Island | „ „ „ ARTHUR ST. CLAIR | Pennsylvania | Feb. 19, 1777. BENJAMIN LINCOLN | Massachusetts | „ „ „ MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE | France | July 31, „ ROBERT HOWE | North Carolina | Oct. 20, „ ALEXANDER McDOUGAL | New York | „ „ „ BARON STEUBEN | Prussia | May 5, 1778. WILLIAM SMALLWOOD | Maryland | Sept. 15, 1780. HENRY KNOX | Massachusetts | Mar. 22, 1782. WILLIAM MOULTRIE | South Carolina | Oct. 15, 1782. LACHLAN McINTOSH | Georgia (_Brevet_) | Sept. 30, 1783. JAMES CLINTON | New York „ | „ „ „ JOHN PATERSON | Massachusetts „ | „ „ „ ANTHONY WAYNE | Pennsylvania „ | „ „ „ PETER MUHLENBURG | Virginia „ | „ „ „ GEORGE CLINTON | New York „ | „ „ „ EDWARD HAND | Pennsylvania „ | „ „ „ CHARLES SCOTT | Virginia „ | „ „ „ JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON | Connecticut „ | „ „ „ JOHN STARK | New Hampshire „ | „ „ „ PREFACE. NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 1888. DEAR MRS. LEITER,--According to promise, I have sent you by express to-day a list of the general officers in the Revolution who were commissioned by the Continental Congress. There were others, not in the list, and well known as generals who served through the Revolution, but they held their commissions in the State Militia.