To George Washington from Theodorick Bland, 28 January 1780

From Theodorick Bland

Farmindell [Prince George County, Va.] Janry 28th 1780

Having been a few days ago honord with a Letter from the President of Congress, informing me of their Acceptance of my Resignation,1 I feel myself impelled by every vertuous consideration on Quiting the Military Line, to testify to Yr Excellency the gratefull Sense I have of the many favors and the Patronage with which you have honord me while I have served under your Command; And to assure yr Excellency that I most cordially wish you every kind of felicity, that your great exertions and your Unwearied endeavors for the good and happiness of others so amply entitles you to enjoy in this life, and for endless ages. I am Sr with the most perfect esteem & respect Yr Excellency’s Most obedt & very Humbl. Sert

Theok Bland

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. For Bland’s resignation, see Bland to GW, 25 Nov. 1779. Congress had accepted Bland’s resignation on 10 Dec. 1779 (see Samuel Huntington to GW, 10 Dec., and n.1 to that document; see also JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 15:1367). Huntington’s letter to Bland, also dated 10 Dec., is in DNA:PCC, item 14.

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Title: To George Washington from Theodorick Bland, 28 January 1780
Author: Bland, Theodorick
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 28 January 1780

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Theodorick Bland, 28 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0235. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 300–301.]

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