From George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 15 January 1780
To Brigadier General Henry Knox
Head Quarters [Morristown]
Saturday Morng [15 Jan. 1780]1
Dear Sir
I have this moment recd a letter from Colo. Hamilton.2 It is Lord Stirlings opinion that the quantity of Amunition sent with the peices may be perhaps insufficient, should they find the Houses possessed by the Enemy stronger than are expected. You will be pleased to send a further supply to Elizabeth Town without loss of time, that we may lose no advantage for want of it—The troops began to move this morning at 2 ’OClock. I am Dear Sir Your most obt Servt
Go: Washington
Be pleased to let me have an answer.3
LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, NNPM.
1. The date “15 Jany 1780,” written in the same hand as the docket of the letter, appears below the dateline, but internal evidence also dates the letter to that date.
3. No reply from Knox has been found. His answer may have been verbal.