With independence secured by the Treaty of Paris, Washington disbanded the Continental Army and gave a farewell address to his soldiers on November 2, 1783.

Following the September 3, 1783 signing of the Treaty of Paris, by which Britain officially recognized American independence, Washington moved to stand down the force he had commanded since 1775. He disbanded his army and gave a farewell address to his soldiers on November 2. The supplied passages do not state the address's location, though Washington had camped at Rockingham, the Berrien family house at Rocky Hill, New Jersey, during 1783, staying there in late summer while Congress sat in Princeton.

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