From George Washington to Thomas Lundin, Lord Drummond, 23 April 1776
To Thomas Lundin, Lord Drummond
New York april 23d 1776.
My Lord,
Understanding that the Committee of Safety, for this Colony, have given your Lordship permission to visit Bermuda for the benefit of your health, I take the liberty of wishing you a pleasant Voyage, and a speedy and perfect restoration of it1—with respect, I have the honour to be Yr Lordships Most Obedt, & Most Hble Servt
Go: Washington
ALS, owned (1972) by the Earl of AncasterDrummond Castle, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland; LB, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. Gen. Israel Putnam wrote Drummond a similar letter on 25 April (Klein, “Failure of a Mission,” 371).
1. The New York committee of safety granted Drummond this permission on 12 April ( , 1:405). For a discussion of Drummond’s peace efforts, see Thomas Lynch to GW, 16 Jan. 1776, n.3.