Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

To COLONEL THOMAS L. MOORE
LATE CAPTAIN OF THE
VOLUNTEER GRENADIERS.

SIR,

The Philadelphia Volunteer Company of Grenadiers, approach you with hearts at once animated with gratitude, and filled with regret. The active attention which you gave to the duties of your station, the cordial politeness with which you treated each individual, and the dignified deportment which you at all times maintained, are entitled to and receive our most grateful applause; but organized as we were under your auspices, and disciplined by your instructions, it cannot but be a source of severe mortification that we are debarred from the prospect of acting under your command. It is however, a consolatory reflection that in a higher sphere your services will be still more useful to our country, and more glorious to yourself, and that, in repelling the attacks of our inveterate foe, or in defeating the attempts of domestic traitors, you will continue to be guided by the same spirit, and that your efforts will be still directed to the same end.

Accept our most ardent wishes for the continuance of your health and happiness, and be assured, Sir, that this tribute of gratitude is dictated by the sincerest affection for your person, and the most respectful esteem for your character.

Signed, on behalf of the Corps,
JOSEPH HIGBEE, Captain.
JOSHUA M. WALLACE, Jun.
2d Lieutenant.

Gentlemen of the Philadelphia Volunteer Company of Grenadiers,

PERMIT me to offer you my thanks for this flattering mark of your approbation and esteem: It is received by me with every sentiment of gratitude and affection.

It was with pleasure I accepted from you the honor of commanding this respectable corps; and the politeness with which I have been treated by every one of you, and the promptness with which my commands were always obeyed, gave me the highest satisfaction.

If in my exertions to perfect you in military discipline, I have been so happy as to merit your applause, my labors have been well rewarded.

Go on, Gentlemen, in your glorious pursuit: and may you, as heretofore, be ever ready to protect our country, from the attacks of an insidious and inveterate foe, as well as to crush every effort of domestic faction.

I beg leave, gentlemen, to present you my sincere wishes for your happiness, individually, and for the honor and reputation of the corps.

THOMAS L. MOORE.

Philadelphia, Feb. 14, 1799.