1To George Washington from Samuel Langdon, 18 September 1775 (Washington Papers)
[Cambridge] 18 September [1775]. Certifies that Sgt. Samuel Woodward “is a Student of Harvard College in his last year & begs my Intercession that he may be discharged from his military services.” AD , DLC:GW . Samuel Woodward, a sergeant in Capt. Nathan Fuller’s company in the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Lt. Col. William Bond, was discharged on 20 Sept. and graduated from Harvard...
2To George Washington from Samuel Langdon, 18 September 1775 (Washington Papers)
[Cambridge] 18 September 1775. Asks GW’s “pardon for troubling him so often with Billets, but hoping for a favorable reception of another Certificate,” informs GW that Ens. John Child “is a Student of Harvard College now in his last Year, & is earnestly desirous of perfecting his public Education.” AD , DLC:GW . John Child (d. 1825), an ensign in Capt. Abner Craft’s company in the...
3To George Washington from Samuel Langdon, 28 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
[Cambridge] 28 October 1775 . Certifies that Sgt. Edmund Foster “is a Candidate for admission into Harvard College, & desirous of time to revive his acquaintance with the Classics that he may join this Seminary as soon as possible; tho’ it will be with regret if he leaves the service of his Country, yet his Age pleads for your permission to return to his Studies.” AD , DLC:GW . Edmund Foster,...
4To George Washington from Samuel Langdon, 8 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
Hamptonfalls, in the State of New-Hampshire, Sr July 8 1789 While you fill the highest Seat in the united States, & are fatigued with the honorary addresses of grateful multitudes, & the business & correspondence now multiplied from every quarter, I am ready to charge myself with an unwelcome intrusion in putting into your hands a Sermon preached a Year ago. My excuse is, that it was composed...
5From George Washington to Samuel Langdon, 28 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
You will readily beleive me when I assure you that the necessary attention to the business in which I have been lately engaged is the sole cause of my not having sooner acknowledged the receipt of your letter of the 8th of July—and made a proper return for your politness in sending me the sermon which accompanyed it. You will now, Sir, please to accept my best thank[s] for this mark of...
6To George Washington from Samuel Langdon, 29 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
The deep impressions of my obligations to you, induce me now to present a Volume which I have just published. I hope it will recommend itself to your notice as an attempt to give an easy, rational, & useful explication of a sacred book, heretofore often abused by whimsical interpretations, & on that account too much neglected & despised by many modern christians. If I have proved from that...