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From George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 15 July 1780

To Major General Nathanael Greene

Head Quarters [Preakness, N.J.] 15th July 1780

Dr Sir.

The moment for commencing our operations is so near that no time is to be lost in bringing forward to the North-River, a proper proportion of intrenching tools for an operation against New York with all the tents which can be procured. To you it would be wholly unnecessary to recommend expedition. I am Dr Sir &.

P.S. have you intrenching tools in this quarter, or how soon could they be had in case we should have occasion for them.1

Df, in James McHenry’s writing, DLC:GW; copy, Nh-Ar: Weare Papers; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. No reply from Greene to GW has been found, but see Greene to GW, 21 July.

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    From George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 15 July 1780
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    “From George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 15 July 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-27-02-0101. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 27, 5 July–27 August 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 129.]

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