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To George Washington from Major John Thornton, 7 April 1777

From Major John Thornton

Fredericksburg [Va.] April 7: 77

Dear Sir,

I received1 your favour of 20th March and am truly sensable of the Honour intended Me & shall with pleasure serve to the best of My knowledge in any Post you[r] Excellency pleaseth to appoint Me The publick good & not promotion has & I hope ever will regulate My conduct if the Officers are appointed in proper places which I doubt not the Men may still [be] raisd the Orders or instructions its your Excellencies pleasure to communicate I hope may be as full as possable & then shall Most chearfully & implicitly be Obey’d. I am your Most Obdt Servt

Jo. Thornton

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Thornton inadvertently wrote “receievd” on the manuscript.

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    To George Washington from Major John Thornton, 7 April 1777
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    7 April 1777

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    “To George Washington from Major John Thornton, 7 April 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0083. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 9, 28 March 1777 – 10 June 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 82.]

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