Letters of Delegates to Congress: Volume 18 March 1, 1781 - August 31, 1781

Elias Boudinot to Nathanael Greene, March 30th, 1782

    Dear Sir, Philadelphia March 30t 1782 My very particular Friend Capt. Hutchins Geographer to the united States, being ordered for the Southern Army under your Command, I take the liberty to recommend him in the most special Manner to your Notice. If a Knowledge of this Gentleman for upwards of fifteen Years in which he has supported a most unexceptionable Character both as a Gentleman, an Officer and an undaunted Friend to his Country, will warrant my using this Freedom, I am fully justifyed.
    His abilities as an Engineer, have been long acknowledged in the British Army, and you may depend on his being thoroughly qualified for the department at the Head of which Congress have most judiciously placed him.
    You will find him a Gentleman of great Candor, Integrity & Firmness. Any Civilities you may think proper to shew him, will be all ways acknowledged as done to, My Dear Sir, Your most obed Hbl Ser, Elias Boudinot