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From George Washington to Joshua Lewis, 1 November 1757

To Joshua Lewis

To Captain Joshua Lewis[Fort Loudoun, 1 November 1757]

Sir,

Captn Beale, of the maryland troops having complained to me, that Sergeant Williams, of your company, had mal-treated a soldier or two under his command (coming Express to this place.) I desire you will, if Captn Beale produces evidence of this outrage, have the matter enquired into, that justice may be administered to the injured, and offending parties.1 I am Sir, Your most obedt Hble Servant,

G:W.

Fort Loudoun—November 1st 1757.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Joshua Beall, this date.

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    From George Washington to Joshua Lewis, 1 November 1757
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    “From George Washington to Joshua Lewis, 1 November 1757,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-05-02-0023. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 5, 5 October 1757–3 September 1758, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 38.]

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