To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman, 21 September 1780
From Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman
Orange Town 21st Sepr 1780.
Sir
The Army moved to this place yesterday.1 No advices of any kind have been received from New York since mine of the 18th except what is contained in a paper which Genl Greene transmits by this opportunity2—Neither have any letters come to hand, which I have thought needed forwarding, except the enclosed from General Gates and Colonel de Buysson.3
We have been very well supplied with Meat since your Excellency’s departure—what we have in Camp, and what Cattle are in motion towards the Army, is equal to seven or eight days supply, exclusive of a forage which Colo. Butler is making below, at the requisition of Docr Burnett and the Gentlemen of that part of the Country.4 The Cattle will be taken by the Contractor, who only wanted a party to cover him. Colo. Blaine, by a letter from him at Philada; had good prospects of obtaining a large supply of Flour—He says the State of Pennsylvania had engaged to furnish twelve hundred Barrels ⅌ Week for three Months.5 I have the honor to be &.
T. Tilghman
ADfS, DLC:GW.
2. This newspaper has not been identified; see also Tilghman to GW, 18 September.
3. Tilghman likely enclosed letters from Dubuysson to GW, 2 Sept., and Horatio Gates to GW, 3 September.
4. For this forage, see Nathanael Greene to GW, 23 September.
5. See Ephraim Blaine to GW, 12 Sept., and the source note to that document.