George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Major Caleb Gibbs, 22 June 1780

To Major Caleb Gibbs

Rockaway Bridge [N.J.] June 22. 1780

Dr Sir

I have not got any Quarters as yet, and if you have not moved when You receive this—you will remain at Morris Town till You hear from me.1 Be perfectly ready however to move on notice. I am Dr sir Yr Most Obedt St

Go: Washington

LS, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, PWacD, Sol Feinstone Collection, on deposit at PPAmP. The addressee has been lost with the missing bottom third of the manuscript. Gibbs has been identified as the receiver because the largely intact docket is in his writing.

1. GW did not take up quarters at Rockaway Bridge because the army soon marched again (see Battle of Springfield, 23–24 June, editorial note).

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    From George Washington to Major Caleb Gibbs, 22 June 1780
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    Washington, George
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    Gibbs, Caleb
    Date
    22 June 1780

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    “From George Washington to Major Caleb Gibbs, 22 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-26-02-0368. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 26, 13 May–4 July 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins and Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, pp. 503–504.]

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