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Letter from General Washington to General Sullivan

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GENERAL WASHINGTON TO GENERAL SULLIVAN.

Cambridge, December 8, 1775.

SIR: The intention of yesterday' s order, respecting the review of the Connecticut troops, is only to afford a good

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opportunity of making choice of such of their arms as shall be found fit for the use of the new army.

I am not without my fears, that if they are apprized of the intention, some of the best arms will be secreted. For this reason I desire you will say nothing of the matter till the regiment (in your brigade) is paraded, and then, in company of the field-officers of it, make choice of all the arms that are good, taking the names of the proprietors of them, that they may be lodged, valued, and paid for agreeably to the general order of the 23d ult.

I am, sir, your most humble servant,

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

To Brigadier-General Sullivan, Winter-Hill.

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