George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Robert Callender, 20 October 1755

To Robert Callender

[Winchester, 20 October 1755]

To Mr Robert Calender.

Mr Gist being appointed Captain of a Company of Scouts, and informing me that you had a mind to engage in our Service—I thought it expedient to acquaint you, that if you can assist him in Recruiting some likely young Fellows, acquainted with the woods, that you will meet with proper Encouragement for so doing; either by receiving a post among us, or full Satisfaction for your trouble. I am &c.

G:W.

Winchester: October 20th 1755

LB, DLC:GW.

Robert Callender (d. 1776), an Indian trader in Pennsylvania and an associate of George Croghan, did not join the Virginia Regiment but was commissioned in the Pennsylvania Regiment in Oct. 1756.

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    From George Washington to Robert Callender, 20 October 1755
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    Washington, George
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    Callender, Robert
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    20 October 1755

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    “From George Washington to Robert Callender, 20 October 1755,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-02-02-0125. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 2, 14 August 1755 – 15 April 1756, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983, p. 129.]