George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 1 February 1776

To Timothy Pickering

Cambridge Feby 1st 1776

Sir

Your favour of yesterday I received,1 and am sorry to hear that the Quota of Militia which the Town of Salem was to furnish, by Resolve of the Honorable General Court can not be had.

The Generous tender of Services made by you Sir & the rest of the Volunteers, claims a return of my sincere thanks. Should I have an occasion to call upon them, I shall do It; At present I wish them to Continue at Salem & to hold themselves in readiness. I am Sir Your & their Hb. Servt

Go: Washington

LS, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, MHi: Pickering Papers; LB, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See the Salem Volunteers to GW, 31 Jan. 1776.

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    From George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 1 February 1776
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    Washington, George
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    Pickering, Timothy
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    1 February 1776

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    “From George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 1 February 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0170. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 237.]

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