Letter from William De Hart to Lord Stirling

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Morristown, N˙ J˙, December 7, 1775.

DEAR SIR: Agreeably to your request, I sent forward your letters to Colonel Winds. Lieutenant Dallas will be down with his party to-morrow evening. Some few of Captains Howell and Morris' s men have abstracted themselves and refuse to appear, who have signed the muster-roll, but not reviewed; others have not, on account of the constables, &c. If it should be agreeable to your Lordship, I would send those men to the barracks for a short time, till those difficulties should be removed, Peter Lashein, Captain Howell' s fifer, is in custody at Newark. I expect by this time your Lordship has received an answer from the Committee of Safety in respect to the appointments of the Ensigns and Lieutenants in Howell' s, Morris' s, and Mecks' s companies; if so, pray let me know by the return of the bearer.

I am, sir, your most humble servant,

WM˙ DE HART.

I promised Mr˙ Clough to send down Sergeant Key this day, but, as he is recruiting, he cannot come till he comes with Dallas' s party.