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To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Allen, 28 May 1778

From Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Allen

Bennington [County, Vt.] 28th May. 1778

Sir

I recd Your Excellency’s Express this day, with a Bravet Commission;1 I Esteam the Approbation of Congress, your Excellency and my Country in General, Above gold and Silver. am now recruiting my Constitution, and for that purpose have Laid out a Certain regimane of Diet and Exercise. The Enemy keep their Ships of war Cruising in the lake but do not as yet Infest our Extensive frontiers, Tho it has been Expected that they will—they made an Attempt in March but were Beaten by the green Mountain Boys Three to one.2 I am Sir with the greatest Esteem your Excellency’s Most Devoted Obedient and Humble Servant

Ethan Allen

ALS, VtHi.

1. See Henry Laurens to GW, 15 May, n.3.

2. Allen apparently is referring to a skirmish that took place at Shelburne, Vt., on 12 Mar. (see Lafayette to GW, 25 Mar., and note 1 of that document).

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    “To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Allen, 28 May 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-15-02-0248. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 15, May–June 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006, p. 244.]

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