Delegates to Congress . Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 3, January 1 1776-May 15 1776
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Josiah Bartlett to To: the New Hampshire Convention


Gentlemen:
Philadelphia, January 13, 1776.

   In order that General Schuyler may be properly informed what pay the officers and soldiers, who served in the expedition to Canada last year, have received from their respective Colonies, the Congress passed the enclosed resolve, which they have ordered me to transmit to you.(1) An order of Congress, for raising a regiment in the western parts of our



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   Province, for Canada, will be sent you by the President.(2)

   I am, gentlemen, your most humble servant,

    Josiah Bartlett


Note: MS not found; reprinted from Am. Archives, 4th ser. 4:658. Addressed: "To the Convention, or the Committee of Safety of New Hampshire."

1 See JCC, 4:39



2 On January 8, Congress called for the raising of one battalion in New Hampshire. .JCC, 4:40. See also John Hancock to Jonathan Trumbull, January 12, 1776, note 1.