New Hampshire Committee of Safety to George Washington, 18 October 1775

From the New Hampshire Committee of Safety

Colony of New Hampshire In Committee of Safety
[Exeter, N.H.] Octr 18th 1775

We have the Honr to acknowledge the Receipt of Yrs of the 15th Inst. & are deeply Sensible of Your Benevolence towards the Inhabitants of Portsmouth.

We have consulted the Committee of that Town & concluded to forward the whole Cargo except four hundred Barrels.

A Person of Integrity is appointed to weigh off & take an Account of the whole Cargo, to sell three hundred barrels thereof to the Inhabitants of Portsmouth & out of the Proceeds to pay the Sailors Wages.

Before the Receipt of Yrs Mr Moylan had settled the Method of Transportation. In Behalf of the Committee I have the Honor to be with the highest Esteem Yr Excellency’s most obedt Humble Servt

Wm Whipple

LS, in William Whipple’s writing, DLC:GW.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: New Hampshire Committee of Safety to George Washington, 18 October 1775
Author: New Hampshire Committee of Safety
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 18 October 1775

Reference

Cite as: “New Hampshire Committee of Safety to George Washington, 18 October 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0176. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 2, 16 September 1775 – 31 December 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 205.]

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