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From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 18 May 1778

To Major General Horatio Gates

Head Quarters Valley Forge 18 May 1778.

sir,

Inclosed you have a duplicate of a letter which I forwarded yesterday by an express. The accounts from Philadelphia since, still continue to increase, and confirm a design of the enemies evacuating the City.

I beg you may transmit to Coll Ethan Allen the inclosed letter by some safe and certain conveyance.1 I am Sir your most obt and very humble servt

Go: Washington

LS, in James McHenry’s writing, NHi: Gates Papers; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See Henry Laurens to GW, 15 May, n.3.

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    From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 18 May 1778
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    “From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 18 May 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-15-02-0150. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 15, May–June 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006, p. 151.]

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