George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 21 January 1780

From Colonel Elisha Sheldon

Wethersfield [Conn.] Janry 21st 1780

Sir

On examining the enlistments of the Dragoons belonging to my Regt—I find a few men have been enlisted, contrary to my positive orders, for three years or during the War. As this obligation seems rather ambiguous, I should be glad of your Excellenys opinion whether such Enlistment ought to be esteemed valid during the war or not.1 I have the Honour to be with the Greatest Respct your Excellencys most obt and very Humble servt

Elisha Sheldon Col. 2d L.D.

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. GW replied on 3 February.

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    To George Washington from Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 21 January 1780
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    Sheldon, Elisha
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    Washington, George
    Date
    21 January 1780

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    “To George Washington from Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 21 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0173. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 209.]

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