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Rev War Lieutenant Seeks Clarification of Rules Governing Passes, "They are Deserting"

[HEATH, WILLIAM].  Autograph Letter Signed, "L. Woodbery", November 7, 1780, Fort Montgomery, 1 p., 8.25" x 5.675".  Toning, folds, archival tape repair to verso.  

Lt. Luke Woodbery writes to Maj. Gen. William Heath, in full, spelling unchanged, "As it is often the Case that parties Want to pass out of season who have not proper passes and alltho I am Very Well Acquainted with them I Dare not let them pass according to the Genl orders sir I should be glad to know if I Should be safe to let them pass in Cases of that kind if it be toward Camp as it Cant be Expected They are Deserting as it is Very troubelsom sending up with Every party".

Luke Woodbery (1751-1827) was born in Salem, New Hampshire, and enlisted in the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry as an ensign in November 1776. During the war, he served at Bunker Hill, Canada, Trenton, Princeton, Morristown, Ticonderoga, Hubbardton, Bennington, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Barren Hill, Monmouth, Six Nations, Elizabeth Town, and West Point. Woodbery was promoted to a lieutenant in September 1777.

William Heath (1737-1814) was born in Massachusetts and became active in the militia, rising to the rank of colonel by 1770. In December 1774, the revolutionary government commissioned him as a brigadier general, and he commanded Massachusetts troops at the Battle of Lexington and Concord in April 1775. Two months later, the Continental Congress commissioned him a brigadier general in the Continental Army. After participating in the defense of New York, he received promotion to major general. After failing in an attack on Fort Independence in New York, he received a censure from George Washington and never again commanded troops in combat. He was placed in charge of the prisoner Convention Army after the Battle of Saratoga, and in 1780 the Continental Congress placed Heath in charge of the Highland Department. After the war, he was a member of the Massachusetts convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution and served in the Massachusetts Senate in from 1791 to 1792. Elected as lieutenant governor in 1806, he declined the office.

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