From George Washington to Colonel Walter Stewart, 14 January 1780
To Colonel Walter Stewart
Morristown 14th Jany 1780.
Dear Sir,
My Nephew (the bearer) has a great desire of participating in the present enterprize on Staten Island.1 I commit him to your care & beg you will make him useful to you—& see that he does his duty.
The detachment which at first was intended for seperate duties will now go wholly under your command & had better be divided into three equal divisions—300 Men in each.2 with cordial wishes for your success, honor & glory, I am Yrs sincerely
Go: Washington
ALS (retained copy), DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. GW is referring to George Augustine Washington.
2. For this detachment, see Instructions for Attack on Staten Island, 12 Jan., enclosed in GW’s first letter to Stirling of 13 January.