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From George Washington to La Luzerne, 16 August 1780

To La Luzerne

Head Quarters Orange Town August 16th 1780

Sir

I have the honor to inclose Your Excellency a letter which came under cover to me from the Count De Rochambeau.1 I think the plan of engaging the German Deserters will answer a good purpose.

The Chevalier De Ternay has applied to me to have a Vessel loaded with flour now in the Delaware convoyed by the Continental Frigates to Boston and the Sloop Saratoga Sent to the West Indies with his last dispatches to the Count De Guichen.2 I have written to the Board of admiralty urging their compliance with these requests on your application.3 I have the honor to be with the most perfect attachment Your Excellencys Most Obet & hum. Servt

Go: Washington

LS, in Richard Kidder Meade’s writing, FrPMAE; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See Rochambeau to GW, 10 August.

2. See Ternay to GW, 10 August.

3. See GW to the Board of Admiralty, 15 August.

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    From George Washington to La Luzerne, 16 August 1780
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    La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de
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    16 August 1780

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    “From George Washington to La Luzerne, 16 August 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-27-02-0496. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 27, 5 July–27 August 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 539.]

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