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From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 26 June 1780

To Brigadier General William Maxwell

Paquonnick [N.J.] June 26: 1780 6 OClock A.M.

Dr Sir

From some information I have received this morning—I think it necessary that Your Brigade should advance, which I directed to halt by a Line last night.1 You will therefore march on with it till You join the Army, unless You should receive orders to the contrary. I am Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt st

G. Washington

Df, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. GW’s letter to Maxwell of 25 June has not been found.

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    From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 26 June 1780
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    “From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 26 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-26-02-0419. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 26, 13 May–4 July 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins and Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, pp. 568–569.]

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