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From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 4 April 1779

To Brigadier General William Maxwell

Head Quarters Middlebrook 4th April 1779.

Sir

I duly received your favor of the 2d Instant.

You will be pleased to transmit by flag as early as possible the letter which I herewith send for Sir Henry Clinton; and that to his commissioners, who are to meet ours on the subject of an exchange of prisoners, and who probably it will find on Staten Island.1

I have nothing more in particular—command—and am sir &.

G. W——n

Df, in James McHenry’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Henry Clinton, this date. The other enclosure, apparently meant for British commissioners Col. West Hyde and Capt. John André, has not been identified.

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    From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 4 April 1779
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    “From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 4 April 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0692. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 19, 15 January–7 April 1779, ed. Philander D. Chase and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 742.]

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