Fredricksburgh Aprill 23, 1782.
Honoured Sir,
I must Beg Leave to trouble his Excelency this once more with my Request that Lt Charles Stuart shall Be indulged with the Same offise he held last year under Colo. Wiesenfelt. I should not so Strenuously insist upon it only that I am Sensable it will have a tendancy to induce the young men of his aquantance to inlist and that for a mutch les sum than if they were to go with Strangers. Sir for the Reasons above Resited I shall hope his Excelency will grant this my Request as well as others. I am Sir his Excelencys most obedient and Humble Servant
Henry Ludinton.
To George Clinton Esqr. Governor.
P. S. Sir a line By way of answer if it should be agreable.
Thus Colonel Ludington served through the war to its close, in his various capacities, and at the end was much concerned with securing settlements of the pay due to himself and his troops. His own rate of pay is indicated in several entries on the pay-rolls. Thus we find—
Abstract of Pay & Rations due Col. Henry Luddington’s Regt. of Dutchess County Militia in the Service of the United States at different Periods between March 1779 & November 1780.
| Names. | Rank | Commencing | Ending | Time | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months | days | ||||||||||||||||
| Henry Luddington | Colonel | 1779 March | 1780 Novemr. | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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