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From George Washington to Colonel Stephen Moylan, 21 February 1780

To Colonel Stephen Moylan

Head Quarters Morris Town 21st Feby 1780

Dear Sir

I wrote to you on the 15th instant requiring a Return of your Regiment agreeable to the form then inclosed.1 Should any of the Men belong to the State of Connecticut, you will be pleased to transmit a Return of them immediately to Govr Trumbull. You will, notwithstanding this, include them in the2 Regimental Return which you make to me. I am Dear Sir Your most obt Servt

Go: Washington

LS, in the writing of Tench Tilghman, CSmH; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. GW signed the cover of the LS. The LS is addressed to Moylan at Colchester, Conn., and a note on the cover in Tilghman’s writing reads: “To be forwarded to Colo. Moylan by the Q[uarte]r M[aste]r at Har[t]ford.” A note on the draft indicates that an identical letter was sent to Col. Elisha Sheldon.

1. See GW to Goose Van Schaick, 15 Feb., source note.

2. The word “general” is lined out after this word.

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    From George Washington to Colonel Stephen Moylan, 21 February 1780
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    21 February 1780

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    “From George Washington to Colonel Stephen Moylan, 21 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0429. [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, p. 538.]

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