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George Washington to John Rutledge, 16 May 1780

George Washington to John Rutledge

Morristown [New Jersey] May 16, 1780. Encloses two letters for Major General Benjamin Lincoln. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of raising the siege of Charleston. Asks for “speedy” opinion on a suitable place of debarkation, if French fleet should proceed south.

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

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    George Washington to John Rutledge, 16 May 1780
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    Washington, George
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    Rutledge, John
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    16 May 1780

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    “George Washington to John Rutledge, 16 May 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0675. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 324.]

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