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Samuel Langdon to George Washington, 28 October 1775

From Samuel Langdon

[Cambridge] 28 October 1775. Certifies that Sgt. Edmund Foster “is a Candidate for admission into Harvard College, & desirous of time to revive his acquaintance with the Classics that he may join this Seminary as soon as possible; tho’ it will be with regret if he leaves the service of his Country, yet his Age pleads for your permission to return to his Studies.”1

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1. Edmund Foster, a sergeant in Capt. Oliver Pond’s company in Col. Joseph Read’s Massachusetts regiment, was discharged on this date. Foster is not listed among the graduates of Harvard College.

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    Samuel Langdon to George Washington, 28 October 1775
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    Langdon, Samuel
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    Washington, George
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    28 October 1775

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    “Samuel Langdon to George Washington, 28 October 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0228. [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. 249.]

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