From George Washington to Patrick Dennis and William Dobbs, 15 July 1780
To Patrick Dennis and William Dobbs
Head Quarters [Preakness, N.J.]
15th July 1780
Gentln
Captn Augustine Lawrence and Capn Henry Benson will deliver you this letter.1 You will introduce them to the officer commanding the French navy, as reputable citizens who have sailed out of New-York for many years, and as persons willing to render themselves as useful as possible, and in whom I am assured may be placed great confidence. I am Gentn your obt srvt.
Df, in James McHenry’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. For Capt. Henry Benson’s command of a sloop tending a chain placed across the Hudson River early in the war, see Secret Committee of the New York Convention to GW, 13 Aug. 1776; see also the committee to GW, 14 Aug. 1776, and GW to Robert Yates, 17 Aug. 1776.