George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 2 October 1778

From Henry Laurens

[Philadelphia] 2nd October [1778]

Sir

Since my last of the 27th I have had the honor of receiving and presenting to Congress Your Excellency’s favor of the 23d Ulto which is still in the hands of a Committee.1

I have at present only to forward the Inclosed Act of Congress of the 30th September for Marching Count Pulaski’s Legion and other Continental Soldiers in and near this City to Princeton.2 I have the honor to be &c.

LB, DNA:PCC, item 13. The heading of this letter on the manuscript includes the notation: “by [Richard] Ross.”

1. This letter was read and referred to a committee on 28 Sept. (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 , 12:963).

2. For this resolution, 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 , 12:969.

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    To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 2 October 1778
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    “To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 2 October 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-17-02-0230. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 17, 15 September–31 October 1778, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, p. 226.]

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