Meshech Weare to George Washington, 4 June 1781

From Meshech Weare

Hampton falls [N.H.] June 4th 1781

Sir.

I am honord with the Receipt of your Circular Letter of the 24th of May. The things therein Recommended by your Excellency Appear to be of the greatest Importance at this Crisis of Affairs1—Our General Assembly Are to Convene On the 13th Instant, when I shall without Loss of time lay Your Letter before them, together with the Information of the Situation of the Army Receivd by Majr Genl Heath, And Urge their Immediate Attention to them,2 And give Your Excellency the Speediest information I can of the Result of their Deliberations.3 I have the Honor to be with the Greatest Respect Yr Obt Humle Sert

Meshech Weare

ALS, PHi: Dreer Collection; ADf, MHi: Weare Papers.

1. See Document IV with The Wethersfield Conference and Aftermath, 14 May–16 June, editorial note.

2. The New Hampshire legislature commenced a new session on 13 June but did not obtain a quorum until 18 June (see Bouton, N.H. State Papers description begins Nathaniel Bouton, ed. State Papers. Documents and Records Relating to the State of New-Hampshire during the Period of the American Revolution, from 1776 to 1783 . . .. In New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, vol. 8. 1874. Reprint. New York, 1973. description ends , 903; see also William Heath to GW, 29 May, and n.6). The legislature voted on 22 June to make “an addition of 250 Militia [to 400] to be raised to join Genl Washington” (Bouton, N.H. State Papers description begins Nathaniel Bouton, ed. State Papers. Documents and Records Relating to the State of New-Hampshire during the Period of the American Revolution, from 1776 to 1783 . . .. In New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, vol. 8. 1874. Reprint. New York, 1973. description ends , 904, brackets in source; see also GW’s reply to Weare dated 15 June, and n.4).

3. Weare wrote GW on 23 July to explain that New Hampshire officials likely would not meet GW’s expectations (DLC:GW; see also Heath to GW, 27 June, and n.3).

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Title: Meshech Weare to George Washington, 4 June 1781
Author: Weare, Meshech
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 4 June 1781

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Cite as: “Meshech Weare to George Washington, 4 June 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-32-02-0263. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 32, 6 May–4 July 1781, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, p. 350.]

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