George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Nathaniel Woodhull, 8 August 1776

From Nathaniel Woodhull

In Convention of the Representatives of the
State of New York, Harlem August 8th 1776

Sir,

I am directed by the Convention of the State of New York to enclose to your Excellency sundry Resolutions which they have entered into in Consequence of part of your Letter of this date.1

The Convention have further Measures in Contemplation for the Sucurity of this State, which they conceive of the utmost Importance to the general Cause of America. So Soon as they are determined on, I shall give your Excellency immediate Notice, and at the Same time answer your two Letters of this Date in a more particular manner than the Hurry of Business will at present admit of. I have the Honor to be respectfully Sir your most obedient humble Servant

Nathll Woodhull President

LS, DLC:GW. The convention this afternoon approved a draft of this letter, which is nearly identical in wording to that of the LS (see N.Y. Prov. Congress Journals description begins Journals of the Provincial Congress, Provincial Convention, Committee of Safety, and Council of Safety of the State of New-York, 1775–1776–1777. 2 vols. Albany, 1842. (Microfilm Collection of Early State Records). description ends , 1:564).

1. Woodhull enclosed three resolutions of this date concerning the appointment of George Clinton as commander of the militia levies from Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, and Westchester counties, and one of this date ordering “Colo. Josiah Smith . . . immediately to march all his new Levies to the Western End of Nassau [Long] Island, and within two miles of Brigadier General Greens Encampment; and that he obey such Orders as he may receive from time to time from Brigadier General Green” (DLC:GW; see also N.Y. Prov. Congress Journals description begins Journals of the Provincial Congress, Provincial Convention, Committee of Safety, and Council of Safety of the State of New-York, 1775–1776–1777. 2 vols. Albany, 1842. (Microfilm Collection of Early State Records). description ends , 1:563).

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    To George Washington from Nathaniel Woodhull, 8 August 1776
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    Woodhull, Nathaniel
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    Washington, George
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    8 August 1776

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    “To George Washington from Nathaniel Woodhull, 8 August 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-05-02-0481. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 5, 16 June 1776 – 12 August 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 643–644.]

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