From George Washington to John Hancock, 30 April 1777
To John Hancock
Morristown 30th April 1777. ½ after 8 oClock, P.M.
Sir
I have been waiting with much anxiety to hear the result of the expedition against Danbury, which I never was informed of ’till this Minute. The inclosed Copy of a Letter from Genl McDougal and of Several Others, which he transmitted, will give Congress all the intelligence I have upon the Subject.1 I have only to add, and to lament, that this Enterprize has been attended but with too much success on the part of the Enemy. I have the Honor to be with great respect Sir Your Most Obedt Servant
Go: Washington
LS, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DNA:PCC, item 152; Df, DLC:GW; copy, DLC:GW; copy, DNA:PCC, item 169; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. Congress read this letter on 1 May and referred it to the committee of intelligence (
, 7:319).