George Washington to the Board of War, 9 June 1781
To the Board of War
Head Quarters New Windsor 9th June 1781
Gentlemen
Inclosed is a list of promotions due upon the resignation of Colo. procter and on account of Vacancies in the 2d1 and 3d Regiments of Artillery2—These promotions are agreeable to the mode of preferment established previous to the Resolve of the 25th of May3—You will oblige me by having the Commissions immediately made out and all but Lt. Colo. Carrington’s forwarded here.4 I have the honor to be Gentlemen Yr most obt Servt.
Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; copy, dated 8 June, DNA:PCC, item 148; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. For the board’s response, see its letter to GW on 22 June, and n.8.
1. Tilghman inadvertently wrote “2st” for this unit number.
2. The enclosure has not been identified. For Col. Thomas Proctor’s resignation, see Proctor to GW, 9 April, and the source note to that document; see also GW to Joseph Reed, 5–7 May, and Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council to GW, 17 May.
3. For the congressional resolution, see Samuel Huntington to GW, 28 May (second letter), n.1, and General Orders, 5 June.