Name
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Title
Document, 1779 September 05
Abstract
Acknowledges receipt of 26, 29, and 30 August. Washington cannot reply to Congress concerning the prisoners because the Commissary of Prisoners is absent from the camp. However, there are probably no real grounds for Major General Philipses complaint. Washington is happy to receive the resolution of Congress of 27 August which approved his plans for t he expedition against the Indians. He hopes that the number of troops which arrived with Admiral Arbuthnot, reported in Arthur Lees letter of 26 April [to John Jay or to Congress] is an overestimation. Washington encloses an extract from a letter of 20 August from General Sullivan containing the most recent intelligence from that. ???? in hand of Richard Kidder Meade.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
letters (correspondence)
Date
1779 September 05
Physical Description
0 pages
Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
Library Location
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Also In
The papers of John Jay
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/w82w-dq03