From George Washington to General William Howe, 23 May 1778

To General William Howe

Head Quarters Valley Forge May 23d 1778

Sir,

I duly received your letter of the 10th instant.

Inclosed is a copy of a resolution of Congress of the 21st instant; which you will consider as a definitive answer to the propositions, it contains1—I shall direct my Commissary of Prisoners in concurrence with yours, to prosecute the exchange, agreeable to that resolve, in the most expeditious and convenient manner.2 I am With due respect Sir Your Most Obedt servt

Go: Washington

LS, in Alexander Hamilton’s writing, P.R.O., 30/55, Carleton Papers; Df, DLC:GW; copy, MiU-C: Clinton Papers; copy, P.R.O.: Colonial Office, Secretary of State’s Correspondence with Commander-in-Chief, North America; copy, P.R.O.: Colonial Office, Miscellaneous; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. For Congress’s resolution suggesting principles for a general prisoner exchange, see JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 11:520–21; the enclosed copy is in P.R.O., 30/55, Carleton Papers.

2. See GW to Elias Boudinot, this date.

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Title: From George Washington to General William Howe, 23 May 1778
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Howe, William
Date: 23 May 1778

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Cite as: “From George Washington to General William Howe, 23 May 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-15-02-0200. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 15, May–June 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006, p. 201.]

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