Samuel Huntington to George Washington, 15 June 1781

From Samuel Huntington

Philadelphia June 15. 1781

Sir,

Your Excellency will receive enclosed, several Resolves of Congress, viz., one of the 11th Instant & one of the 13th respecting the Officers in the Hospital & Medical Department,1 sundry Resolves of the 12th respecting the Convention Prisoners, to be halted for the present in Pennsylvania, the Depreciation to be settled in Behalf of Colonel Armands Legion; and earnestly recommending to the State of Pennsylvania to complete Moylands Legionary Corps to its full Compliment, and also immediately to raise three Troops of Militia Cavalry, to serve three Months after they join the Army—the State of Maryland to raise in like Manner two Troops of Militia Horse to serve three Months2—Also one Resolve of the 13th relating to the Corps of Invalids which are to be stationed at West Point.3

I have been honored with your Excellency’s several Dispatches of the 30th Ulto, 6th & 7th Instant;4 and forwarded your several Letters.5 Those for Virginia were sent by a confidential Express, as the Conveyance by the Post that Way is now become too precarious.6 I have the Honor to be, with the highest Regard Your Excellency’s Most obedient & most humble Servant

Sam. Huntington

LS, DLC:GW; LB, DNA:PCC, item 16. GW acknowledged this letter when he wrote Huntington on 21 June.

1. The enclosed resolutions dated 11 and 13 June, which subsequently appeared in the general orders for 21 June, are in DLC:GW.

2. The enclosed resolutions adopted on 12 June are 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 , 20:630, 634–35; and GW to the Board of War and to Huntington, both 6 June.

3. The enclosed resolution adopted on 13 June authorized GW to bring members of the Invalid Corps from Boston “to compose part of the Garrison at West point” (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 , 20:637, and GW to Huntington, 27 May). For GW’s response to the resolution, see his letter to William Heath, 20 June, and n.2 to that document; see also GW to Lewis Nicola, 21 June.

4. See GW to Huntington, 30 May and 6 and 7 June.

5. See Circular to the Executives of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, 7 June.

6. These documents have not been identified.

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Title: Samuel Huntington to George Washington, 15 June 1781
Author: Huntington, Samuel
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Date: 15 June 1781

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Cite as: “Samuel Huntington to George Washington, 15 June 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-32-02-0352. [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, pp. 455–456.]

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