To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 8 February 1778

From Henry Laurens

[York, Pa.] 8th febry 1778

Sir

I beg leave to refer Your Excellency to a Letter which I had the honour of writing to you yesterday & last Night.

Your Excellency will receive herewith an Act of Congress of the 5th Inst. extending the furlough of Colo. Tho. Dyer and also an Act of the 3d Inst. & 5 Copies for obliging all Officers Military & Civil holding appointments under Congress to qualify themselves for acting in their respective Offices by taking certain Oaths therein prescribed1—Your Excellency will be pleased to take the most effectual means for publishing this Act throughout the Army immediately under your Command—Copies will be sent to other departments of the Army & to each State—I remain with very great Regard.

LB, DNA:PCC, item 13. The letter was sent “⅌ Barry.”

1. For the enclosures, see GW to Laurens, 8–14 Feb., nn.6–7.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 8 February 1778
Author: Laurens, Henry
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 8 February 1778

Reference

Cite as: “To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 8 February 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0396. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 13, 26 December 1777 – 28 February 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003, p. 480.]

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