George Washington Papers

To George Washington from John Mercereau, 23 April 1780

From John Mercereau

Wood bridge [N.J.] April 23 [1780]

Sir

I have at Last Seen the person I wanted and have Setled agreable to your Request the Correspondance he is Now gone to New york and will Meet me on thursday Night or fryday1 then I Shall imediately Come to you and Deliver what Can be Collected in the time and for time to Come we Shall have it Reguler once a week & oftner if any Suden Movements apear the Eenemy Now are Ready for an Expedition against Midletown with about Sixty Men we have Sent Over to Capt: Morgan on that Shore which I hope will Meet them2 Sir Remain your Sincere friend

John Mercereau

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. The following Thursday and Friday were 27 and 28 April.

2. Mercereau had warned New Jersey militia captain James Morgan to guard against an enemy thrust toward Middletown.

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    To George Washington from John Mercereau, 23 April 1780
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    Mercereau, John
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    Washington, George
    Date
    23 April 1780

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    “To George Washington from John Mercereau, 23 April 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-25-02-0330. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 25, 10 March–12 May 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 477.]

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