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George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette, 30 October 1780

George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette

[Totowa, New Jersey] October 30, 1780. Does not think that a campaign at this time is feasible. States that American force is not large enough to attack New York.

Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

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    George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette, 30 October 1780
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    Washington, George
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    Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
    Date
    30 October 1780

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    “George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette, 30 October 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0945. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 495.]

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