To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 2 February 1781

From Samuel Huntington

Philadelphia February 2. 1781

Sir,

By the enclosed resolve of the 1st Instant your Excellency will be informed that the resolution of Congress of the 4th of September 1778 allowing Officers three Dollars a Day for Expences on Business not incidental to their Officce is repealed and to have no Effect from and after the first Day of March next.1

I am desired by Mr Secretary Thomson to request your Excellency would be so obliging as to forward by the first convenient Opportunity the enclosed Letter addressed to Mr Mathew Cowper2—With the highest respect I have the Honor to be your Excellency’s most obedient & most humble Servant

Sam. Huntington President

LS, MiU-C: Huntington Family Papers; LB, DNA:PCC, item 15.

1. For the resolution of 4 Sept. 1778, see JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 12:878. The enclosed document with the resolution of Congress is in DLC:GW; see also JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 19:104. For the resolution, see General Orders, 12 February.

2. Mathew Cowper was a merchant and ship captain in New York City.

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Title: To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 2 February 1781
Author: Huntington, Samuel
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 2 February 1781

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 2 February 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-30-02-0311. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 30, 1 January–6 March 1781, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, pp. 346–347.]

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