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To George Washington from James Cleveland, 15 February 1775

From James Cleveland

February the 15th [1775]

Sir

I being much Confusd in mind as well as indispos’d in body have not been able to give yuo a regular accompt of my Procedure I cannot get a common House Carpender under 6£ ⅌ Month good hunters is not to be had under 5£ ⅌ Month and Plantation Labourers 4£ or 4£10S. I am yours to Command.

James Clevelain

L, DLC:GW. The letter and signature seem to be in a different hand, and Cleveland’s name is misspelled. The letter is addressed at the bottom of the page to “George Washing.”

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    To George Washington from James Cleveland, 15 February 1775
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    Washington, George
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    15 February 1775

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    “To George Washington from James Cleveland, 15 February 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-10-02-0194. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 10, 21 March 1774 – 15 June 1775, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 262.]

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