Letter from Aaron Ward to Philip Van Cortlandt, January 16, 1824
Entry/Object ID
HHV 002.291
Description
Letter from Aaron Ward to Philip Van Cortlandt, January 16, 1824
Subject
list of officers in the Revolutionary War
Subject Person/Organization
Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831)
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Washington, DC
Collection
Van Cortlandt Manuscript Collection
Transcription
Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1291
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE January 16, 1829
AUTHOR Aaron Ward
RECIPIENT General [Philip Van Cortlandt?]
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Col. Buford, Col Taylor, Col. North
PLACES Washington DC, Georgetown KY, Louisville KY, Philadelphia,
KEYWORDS locations of other Generals, list of “Field Officers of the
Revolution”, The Spectator
Washington Jany . 16th1829 .
My Dear Gen’l.
Your several Letters with their enclosures / have been duly re’d. And it gives me great pleasure to state / that I have this instant returned from the office of [Scty] of State = / where I have been to ascertain the place where those / [Gen’t?] [reside?] Cpl. Buford resides in George Town Kentucky. Col / Taylor in Louisville of the same state and Col. North in Philadelphia /
_ I have franked the Letters address’d to them + sent them / by this day’s mail.
You may have observed that the list / of the Field Officers of the Revolution a Copy of which I sent / to you has been published in the Spectator _ It is / proper that I should state that after I had sent / the list to you - I thought it would be well to / send one to Col. Stone to be publish’d.
I have the Honor to be
Dear Gen’l with great respect
Your Obt Ser’t
Ward
P.S. The list of all the officers + soldiers will be / published in a few days. You may expect to / receive a copy from me
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[LABEL]
A.Ward
Washington DC
Jan’y. 16. 1829 –
[PENCIL]
About Revo - / officers
