Letter from Colonel Henry B. Livingston to the New-York Congress

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FORT CONSTITUTION,June 14, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: The bearer, Captain Childs, has inlisted and delivered the number of men you, gentlemen, were pleased, on the 8th ofMay last, to resolve should entitle him to a Captaincy. Though not exactly within the limited time, yet in justice to him, I cannot help observing to you, gentlemen, that during his short stay here he has recommended himself by an industrious application to his duty as an officer, and, in my humble opinion, with deference to your superior judgments, has rendered himself worthy of your approbation; and, with respect to his subalterns, I must say they have given me no cause of complaint.

I remain, gentlemen, your most obedient, humble servant,

HENRY B˙ LIVINGSTON,Lieut˙ Colonel.