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From George Washington to the Board of War, 3 March 1780

To the Board of War

Head Quarters Morris Town 3d March 1780

Gentlemen

I have lately had several applications from the Subalterns of the Massachusetts line respecting mistakes which they say happened in the arrangement settled at West point, and confirmed by Congress and agreeable to which their Commissions were issued.1 As I have no Copy of that arrangement I am unable to determine upon the propriety of their complaints—I shall for that Reason be obliged by a Copy so far as relates to the subalterns only2—I have a roll of the Feild Officers and Captains. I have the honor &c.

Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See William Heath to GW, 19 Feb., and GW to Heath, 2 March (first letter).

2. Benjamin Stoddert, secretary of the Board of War, transmitted the arrangement on 15 March (DLC:GW).

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    From George Washington to the Board of War, 3 March 1780
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    Washington, George
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    3 March 1780

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    “From George Washington to the Board of War, 3 March 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0511. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 617–618.]

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