Edmund Randolph to Virginia Delegates, 4 April 1787
Edmund Randolph to Virginia Delegates
Richmond April 4. 1787.
Delegates in congress.
Gentlemen
I do myself the honor of transmitting a list of the Virginia pensioners, chargeable to the united states. The instances, in which the kind and degree of disability has not been ascertained, have proceeded from a personal examination of them, and the want of an accurate entry in our books. In future a stricter attention will be paid to the subject.1
FC (
). Unsigned. Enclosure not found.1. By an ordinance of Congress of 7 June 1785 each state was to prepare a list of soldiers and seamen who had served under the U.S. ( , XXVIII, 435–37). See also , XII, 102–6. A report of 16 July 1788 by the secretary at war mentioned Randolph’s list, dated 3 Apr. 1787 (PCC), but the list has not been located.