Patrick Henry to Wythe, 11 December 1777
Letter text
Decr 11th 1777.
Sir
I enclose you a Resolution of Congress respecting the nine Virginia Regiments in the grand Army. I have lately understood that General Stephen is no longer in Service. He was formerly empowered by me agreeably to an Act of Assembly, to reinlist [sic] the Soldiers composing those Regiments248, & for Information of the Progress made in that Business I beg Leave to refer to Extracts of three Letters I recd from that Gentleman, & which I sent to the last general Assembly. In order to continue the Inlistment [sic] of these Troops in the Manner most likely to succeed, I have appointed the Generals Woodford, Weedon, Scot, & Muhlenburgh to conduct it, & have apply’d to his Excellency General Washington for a State of General Stephen’s proceeding therein which I shall lay before the Assembly when I receive it. With great Regard I have the Honor to be
Sir,
Your most humble
Servant
P. HENRY.
For
The Honble
George Wythe Esqr
Speaker of the House of Delegates-[1]
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References
- ↑ "Gov. Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates (From the Va. State Archives, Ex. Com.)" in Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia, vol. 1, The Letters of Patrick Henry, ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 214. The letter includes footnote "248" after the word "Regiments": On Wednesday, November 26, the Board of War brought in a report to Congress, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon, Resolved, That it be recommended to the commonwealth of Virginia, to appoint proper persons to re-inlist the soldiers of their first nine regiments, whose times of service are near expiring, and, in failure thereof, to take some speedy and effectual course for supplying their places in the continental army; and Congress agree to allow the men inlisting [sic] for the war, or three years, the usual bounty given to such recruits. Journal, Vol. IX, p. 967.
