Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety

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Return of Vacancies in Colonel REED' S Regiment.

The vacant commissions in Colonel Reed' s Regiment, with the names of those persons recommended to receive said commissions:

A Lieutenant wanting in Captain Spalding' s Company; the person recommended to supply the said vacancy is George Aldrich, now Ensign in Captain Hinds' s Company, although the said Aldrich hath not received his Ensign' s commission. An Adjutant vacant; Stephen Peabody recommended to receive the Adjutancy, who hath ever done the duty. An Ensigncy vacant in Captain Hutchinson' s Company; the person recommended is Richard Coughton, Sergeant-Major, to fill up said vacancy; and William Hawkins, who distinguished himself in the battle at Bunker' s Hill, the 17th of June last, to supply the place of an Ensign in Captain Hinds' s Company, in lieu of the abovenamed Aldrich.

So the matter is: Lieutenant, George Aldrich; Ensigns, Richard Coughton and William Hawkins; Adjutant, StephenPeabody.

JAMES REED, Colonel.

ISRAEL GILMAN, Lt˙ Col.

NATHAN HALE, Major.

Camp, October 18, 1775.