From George Washington to Colonel Moses Hazen, 7 December 1778

To Colonel Moses Hazen

Paramus [N.J.] 7th Decemr 1778.

Sir.

I received yestrday evening your favor of the 3d Inst.1

In a letter lately written to Gen. Bayley I mentioned some of those reasons, which made it inexpedient to enter on a winter expedition2—I could wish that our supplies and other circumstances were favourable to its execution, but as this is not the case it is necessary to suspend the enterprise for the present. I am &c.

G.W.

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

1. This letter has not been found.

2. See GW to Jacob Bayley, 25 November.

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Title: From George Washington to Colonel Moses Hazen, 7 December 1778
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hazen, Moses
Date: 7 December 1778

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to Colonel Moses Hazen, 7 December 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-18-02-0420. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 18, 1 November 1778 – 14 January 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, p. 377.]

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