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To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 10 March 1780

From Joseph Reed

Philad. March 10. 1780.

Sir

The Bearer has obtained the Permission of the Authority of this State for sundry Persons belonging to the Moravian Society to come into this State from New York.1 The Council having every Reason to be satisfied with the general Behaviour of the Society I beg Leave to recommend their Case to your Excellys favourable Notice so far as your Orders or Permission may be necessary to the Military Officers on the Lines. And am with every Sentiment of Respect & Regard Your Excellys Most Obed. & very Hbble Serv.

Jos: Reed President

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1. The Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council read a petition on this date from “Reverend Nathaniel Seidle, on behalf of sundry persons of the Moravian Society, who are arrived at New York, from England, praying they may be permitted to come into this State, in order to proceed to Bethlehem, to their friends and connections.” The council granted the petition and ordered “a pass made out accordingly” (Pa. Col. Records description begins Colonial Records of Pennsylvania. 16 vols. Harrisburg, 1840–53. description ends , 12:273).

A delegation of Moravian officials from Europe had come to Bethlehem, Pa., in April 1779 to meet with the local Moravian community; consultations lasted until 1781. The “sundry Persons” mentioned in Reed’s letter likely bore some relation to this earlier delegation (see Levering, History of Bethlehem description begins Joseph Mortimer Levering. A History of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741–1892, with Some Account of Its Founders and Their Early Activity in America. 1903. Reprint. New York, 1971. description ends , 505–14).

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    “To George Washington from Joseph Reed, 10 March 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-25-02-0008. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 25, 10 March–12 May 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, pp. 10–11.]

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