From George Washington to Colonel Elias Dayton, 20 January 1778

To Colonel Elias Dayton

Head Quarters Valley Forge 20th Jany 1778

Sir

I recd yours of the 13th instant last Evening, and have immediately written to Govr Livingston upon the Subject.1 I make no doubt but the prosecution will be immediately stopped upon my representation of the matter in its true light, and of my pointing out the impossibility of getting persons to undertake this kind of Business in future if they are not protected by us.

Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See GW’s second letter to William Livingston of this date.

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Title: From George Washington to Colonel Elias Dayton, 20 January 1778
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Dayton, Elias
Date: 20 January 1778

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Colonel Elias Dayton, 20 January 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0247. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 13, 26 December 1777 – 28 February 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003, p. 289.]

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