George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Major Epaphras Bull, 5 February 1781

To Major Epaphras Bull

Hd Qrs N. Windsor Feby 5th 1781

Sir

You are to join the 4th Regt of Dragoons vice Maj. Fontleroy, who is directed to join the 1st Regt.1 I am Sir &c.

Df, in David Humphreys’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. Both this draft and the draft of GW’s letter of this date to Maj. Moore Fauntleroy (see n.1 below) appear on the same manuscript.

1. On this date, GW wrote Fauntleroy from headquarters at New Windsor: “Having been induced from local considerations, to Order Major Bull to join the 4th Regt of Dragoons—you will be pleased to join the 1st Regiment, and do duty with the same” (Df, in David Humphreys’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW).

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    From George Washington to Major Epaphras Bull, 5 February 1781
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    Washington, George
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    Bull, Epaphras
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    5 February 1781

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    “From George Washington to Major Epaphras Bull, 5 February 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-30-02-0335. [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, p. 372.]

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