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GILBERT LIVINGSTON TO NEW-YORK COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.
Fort Montgomery, April 22, 1776.
SIR: The bearer hereof, Mr˙ Marshall, (one of the gentlemen recommended by the Dutchess County Committee for one of Captain Billings' s Lieutenants,) wants to take a
I am, sir, your very humble servant,
GILBERT LIVINGSTON.
To John McKesson, Esq.
Letter from Gilbert Livingston to the New-York Committee of Safety
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copy of the muster-roll of that part of Captain Billings' s Company that I mustered. I have been obliged to muster part of Captain Swartwout' s Company. The roll goes down by this conveyance. I wish that Colonel Palmer, or the commanding officer here, or some particular person, was appointed to muster the men as they arrive, as I conceive it irregular for me to do it. But there seems to be a necessity, at present, for some one to undertake the business, even without an order. Should be glad you would give him a copy, or let him take it himself.