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To George Washington from Colonel James Mitchell Varnum, 12 March 1776

From Colonel James Mitchell Varnum

Prospect Hill, 12 March 1776. Submits a “Return of Officers to be commissioned in the Ninth Regiment” with vacancies for a second lieutenant, three ensigns, and a surgeon’s mate. “I am not able, at Present, to point out suitable Persons to fill the Vacancies, as I have been confined to my House for upwards of three Weeks, and could not exert myself according to my own Wishes—As often as a favorable Opportunity shall occur for filling them or any of them, Report will be immediately made thereof to his Excellency.”1

ADS, DNA: RG 93, Revolutionary War Rolls. Nathanael Greene signed a statement at the end of this document approving the arrangement of Varnum’s regiment.

1. This return was submitted to GW in response to the General Orders of 11 March.

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    To George Washington from Colonel James Mitchell Varnum, 12 March 1776
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    12 March 1776

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    “To George Washington from Colonel James Mitchell Varnum, 12 March 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0335. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, pp. 457–458.]

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