1From George Washington to Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 12 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s letter of the 5th did not arrive ’till late last evening—I agree in opinion with you on the utility of asking to have your present park doubled; but I think this will suffice. Though we are not well provided with siege artillery, we shall be able to supply the deficiency. We are again told of an embarkatio⟨n⟩ at New York on the point of sailing; the number is not ascertained;...