From George Washington to Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 4 June 1780
To Colonel Elisha Sheldon
Head Quarters Morris Town 4th June 1780
Sir
I recd your favr of the 26th ulto with the monthly returns inclosed. You have a letter to Mr Bull, who will deliver the Cloathing you ask for your Regt, upon it.1 I imagine Major Tallmadge had some directions from the Board of War relative to procuring the Cloathing you mention for the Officers,2 and I therefore do not look upon myself at liberty to give any orders about the disposal of it, or to fix any price upon the delivery of it.
General Howe will call for as many Horse as are equipped and fit for service, to move towards the lines3—They are much wanted there, and there will be plenty of Green forage by the time they can get down. I am &.
G. W——n
Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. The draft is addressed to Sheldon at Windsor, Connecticut.
1. GW wrote James Bull on this date: “You will be pleased to deliver to Colonel Sheldon, in addition to what he may have already received, as many suits as will amount to three hundred for the use of his Regt” (Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW).
2. The following text is marked out at this point on the draft: “I only know that there is a Resolve of Congress fixing a certain price to Cloathing when delivered to Officers, but as I have no power to provide.”