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George Washington to Colonel John Cox, 4 October 1779

George Washington to Colonel John Cox1

West Point, October 4, 1779. Orders Cox to keep a fleet of fast sailing boats off the Jersey shore to carry dispatches from Headquarters to D’Estaing.

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

1. Cox was assistant quartermaster general.

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    George Washington to Colonel John Cox, 4 October 1779
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    “George Washington to Colonel John Cox, 4 October 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0492. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 197.]