George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, 23 January 1780

From Lieutenant General
Wilhelm von Knyphausen

New York Janry 23d 1780.

Sir

In the absence of Sir Henry Clinton, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 19th Instant by Colonel Magaw, and to acquaint You that for the reasons assigned by Your Excellency, the Gentlemen therein mentioned have my permission to remain until the business they went out upon is compleated, as you say it will only detain them a very little time longer than was originally intended. I have the honor to be Your Excellency’s Most obedt humble Servt

Knyphausen

LS, DLC:GW; copy, P.R.O.: 30/55, Carleton Papers. The LS was forwarded to GW by Col. Moses Hazen on 26 Jan. (see Hazen’s first letter to GW of that date).

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    To George Washington from Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, 23 January 1780
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    Knyphausen, Wilhelm von
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    Washington, George
    Date
    23 January 1780

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    “To George Washington from Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, 23 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0185. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 229.]

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