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George Washington to Major John Mauritius Goetschius, 21 November 1780

George Washington to
Major John Mauritius Goetschius1

[Preakness, New Jersey] November 21, 1780. Is planning a move toward Elizabethtown. Instructs Goetschius to secure all “watercraft” on the Hackensack.

Df, in writings of Tench Tilghman and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Goetschius was a major in the New Jersey Militia.

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    George Washington to Major John Mauritius Goetschius, 21 November 1780
    Author
    Washington, George
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    Goetschius, John Mauritius
    Date
    21 November 1780

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    “George Washington to Major John Mauritius Goetschius, 21 November 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0969. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 504.]