¶ From George Woodruff. Letter not found. 8 July 1806. Acknowledged in Daniel Brent to Woodruff, 17 July 1806, addressed to Woodruff at Westward Mill, Virginia, as inquiring whether Woodruff’s son, Howell Sims Woodruff, was on the State Department’s list of impressed seamen. Brent stated that he was not, “tho’ the search was made for his assumed as well as his proper name,” and that a copy of the elder Woodruff’s letter had been sent to William Lyman along with instructions to seek the son’s discharge (DNA: RG 59, Letters Received regarding Impressed Seamen, box 11).