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From George Washington to Major General Arthur St. Clair, 23 February 1780

To Major General Arthur St. Clair

Morris Town 23d of Feby 80 half past 10 A.M.

Sir,

I have this moment received yours of seven oClock this morning. I am apprehensive with you that the circumstances you mention will prevent the execution of your project; for which reason and the badness of the weather I delay the march of the covering party ’till I hear further from you. If the intelligence you expect proves favourable to your design I shall be obliged to you to dispatch a second messenger, and I will take measures here accordingly—I am Sir Your most Obedient servant.

Will not the state of the moon be unfriendly to your attempt towards Morning?

Df, in Alexander Hamilton’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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    From George Washington to Major General Arthur St. Clair, 23 February 1780
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    23 February 1780

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    “From George Washington to Major General Arthur St. Clair, 23 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0452. [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, pp. 558–559.]

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