To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, 26 July 1780
From Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Sproat
Highlands [N.Y.] July 26. 1780
Sir
I have Enclosed Lieut. Hubbells Commission with Certificates that he is not indebted to the Public1—Mr Hubbell Says his Domestic affairs oblidge him to leave the Army, and seems Unalterably determined in the Matter, I therefore beg of your Excellency to give him a discharge, as I think his dismission will not be an Injury to the Public.2 I am with the highest Esteem your Excellency’s Obedt & Very humble Sert
E. Sprout Lieut. Colo. Comdt 12. Mass: Regt
ALS, DNA: RG 93, manuscript file no. 2361. GW’s aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman docketed the letter: “Resignation 28 July 1780.”
1. The enclosed commission and certificates have not been identified.
John Hubbell (Hubble, Hubbal) of Sheffield, Mass., was commissioned an ensign in the 12th Massachusetts Regiment in November 1776. He received promotion to lieutenant in July 1777 and left the army on 28 July 1780.
2. No reply to Sproat from GW has been found.