From George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 15 January 1780

To Brigadier General Henry Knox

Head Quarters [Morristown]
Saturday Morng [15 Jan. 1780]1

Dear Sir

I have this moment recd a letter from Colo. Hamilton.2 It is Lord Stirlings opinion that the quantity of Amunition sent with the peices may be perhaps insufficient, should they find the Houses possessed by the Enemy stronger than are expected. You will be pleased to send a further supply to Elizabeth Town without loss of time, that we may lose no advantage for want of it—The troops began to move this morning at 2 ’OClock. I am Dear Sir Your most obt Servt

Go: Washington

Be pleased to let me have an answer.3

LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, NNPM.

1. The date “15 Jany 1780,” written in the same hand as the docket of the letter, appears below the dateline, but internal evidence also dates the letter to that date.

2. See Alexander Hamilton to GW, this date.

3. No reply from Knox has been found. His answer may have been verbal.

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Title: From George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 15 January 1780
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Knox, Henry
Date: 15 January 1780

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 15 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0119. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 146.]

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