To George Washington from General Henry Clinton, 9 November 1779
From General Henry Clinton
New York, November, 9th 1779.
Sir,
When Mr Loring, my Commissary of Prisoners, addressed the enclosed Letter to Mr Beatty, he received one in return from Mr Skinner informing him that Mr Beatty was absent.1
That the purport of Mr Loring’s Letter may be known, I enclose it to you, Sir, requesting the necessary steps may be taken to enforce the just Requisition it contains.2
Mrs Maxwell, the Lady of Lieutt Maxwell of the 31st Regiment, begs your permission to join her Husband in Virginia when an Opportunity offers.3 I have the honor to be With all due respect, Your Excellency’s Most obedient and Most humble Servant.
H. Clinton
LS, DLC:GW; copy, P.R.O.: 30/55, Carleton Papers.
1. This letter from Abraham Skinner, deputy commissary general of prisoners, to Joshua Loring, British commissary general of prisoners, has not been identified.
2. For the enclosed copy of Loring’s letter to John Beatty of 12 Oct., and for actions taken by the Americans to return parolees, see Beatty to GW, 26 Oct., n.10, and GW to Beatty, 30 Oct. and 10 November.
3. Convention Army prisoner Lt. Hamilton Maxwell was confined near Charlottesville, Virginia.