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From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 16 November 1779

To Brigadier General William Maxwell

Head Quarters West point 16th Novemr 1779.

Sir

I have recd yours of the 13th. You will be pleased to forward the inclosed, to Govr Livingston.1 Should there be occasion to act, the State Regt and Militia will undoubtedly be under the command of you or the oldest continental Officer who may be upon the spot—The Men taken on board the Vessel who were deserters from the Brigade are unquestionably to be tried as deserters found in Arms with the Enemy.

I have recd an account of our repulse in Georgia, but not the particulars.2 I am &.

Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. GW probably enclosed his letter to New Jersey governor William Livingston of this date (see Livingston to GW, 9 Nov., n.5).

2. See GW to Horatio Gates, this date, and n.1 to that document.

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    From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 16 November 1779
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    “From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 16 November 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-23-02-0252. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 23, 22 October–31 December 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 301.]

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