1George Washington to Francisco Rendon, 1 November 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Preakness [ New Jersey ] November 1, 1780 . Sends details of British embarkation. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
2From George Washington to Francisco Rendon, 1 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I yesterday had the honor of receiving your letter of the 20th of October. The sixteenth the embarkation mentioned in my former letter sailed from New York, consisting from my best accounts of about three thousand men, composed of the grenadiers and light infantry and chiefly besides of detachments. As I mentioned to you in my last I believe they are destined to Virginia, or rather North...