To George Washington from Major General Arthur St. Clair, 23 February 1780

From Major General Arthur St. Clair

Spring Field [N.J.] Febry 23d 1780
7 oClock in the Morning

Sir

I am extremly apprehensive that the Rains of yesterday, together with the high Winds from the eastward last Night, have rendered the Enterprise on Paulus Hook impract[i]cable;1 I shall however make the Experiment, and have given Orders for the March of the Troops in such manner as that the whole, by three different Routs, will be assembled at New Ark by twelve oClock at Night, which will leave us sufficient time for the Business before Day—in the mean time I shall satisfy myself with regard to the Ice. I Am Sir your most obedient and very humble Servant

Ar. St Clair

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. For the “Enterprise” against the British post at Paulus Hook, N.J., see St. Clair to GW, 20 February.

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Title: To George Washington from Major General Arthur St. Clair, 23 February 1780
Author: St. Clair, Arthur
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 23 February 1780

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Major General Arthur St. Clair, 23 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0451. [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, p. 558.]

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