To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 5 November 1779

From Colonel Stephen Moylan

North Castle [N.Y.] Novr 5th 1779

Dear Sir

I have received Coats and waistcoats for the 4th Regiment, and am just now informed by Captain Hunter of Bedford1 that he has as many pair of Leather breeches of the best quality as will cloath the Regiment which he will part with, if your Excelly will be pleased to give me an order I will purchass them from him on the best terms I can—if I have your approbation for procureing the breeches and an order for Shirts, Stockings & boots—the men will be enabled to Keep the field and I am convinced, will do as much duty if not more, than any equal number of men in the Service.2 I have the honor to be Dear Sir Your Most Ob. H. St

Stephen Moylan

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Moylan likely is referring to Elijah Hunter, a former New York militia captain who also served as assistant commissary of forage at Bedford, N.Y., and as a double agent.

2. The 4th Continental Dragoons also lacked money to purchase forage at this period (see Moylan to Nathanael Greene, this date, and Greene to Moylan, 8 Nov., in Greene Papers, description begins Richard K. Showman et al., eds. The Papers of General Nathanael Greene. 13 vols. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1976–2005. description ends 5:20, 29–30).

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Title: To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 5 November 1779
Author: Moylan, Stephen
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 5 November 1779

Reference

Cite as: “To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 5 November 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-23-02-0155. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 23, 22 October–31 December 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 163.]

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