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To George Washington from the Board of War, 14 January 1780

From the Board of War

War Office [Philadelphia] January 14. 1780

sir

The Board have been honoured by your Letters of the 11th. We are much obliged by your ready Compliance with our Request contained in our Letter of the 3d & we hope substantial Benefits will acrue from the Measure.1

Col. Mitchell was pointedly directed to proceed to Camp this Day. We believe he has complied with the Orders ⟨w⟩e gave; if not Nothing shall be wanting on our Part to accelerate his Journey.

The last Division of the Virginia Troops going to South Carolina marched yesterday from this Post.2 The Weather & unexpected Embarrassments have delayed them so long. We have ordered the Troops under the Command of Col. Febiger at Trenton & Maidenhead to move to this Place to be by Directions of Congress marched into Virginia & there discharged except a few to be retained out of those whose Times of Service will the latest expire as Guards over Prisoners at Lancaster who are, when able, to proceed to Fort Frederic⟨k⟩ & the Guards will be discharged after safely escorting them to that Place.3 We recommended this Measure of marching the Troops into Virginia on seeing an Extract of your Excellency’s Letter to General Woodford on the Subject.4 We have the Honour to be with the greatest Respect & Esteem your very obedt servants

Richard Peters
By order

ALS, DLC:GW. A notation, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, under the docket of this letter reads: “to be acknowle[dge]d only” (see the postscript to GW to the Board of War, 15–17 Jan.).

1. The board is referring to their second letter to GW of 3 January.

2. GW had detached the Virginia brigade from the main army in December 1779 to reinforce the southern army (see GW to Samuel Huntington, 29 Nov. 1779, and the source note to that document, and GW to William Woodford, 8 and 13 Dec.).

3. For the orders of Congress on this subject, see Huntington to GW, this date, n.1; see also JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 16:42–43.

4. See GW to Woodford, 24 Dec. 1779; see also GW to Woodford, 14 Dec., and to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December. For the extract, see JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 16:42–43.

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    “To George Washington from the Board of War, 14 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0099. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 125–126.]

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