1From George Washington to David Cobb, 30 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
The inclosed Letter to the Count de Rochambeau is of very great Importance, & requires the utmost Secrecy in its Comunication—this Idea you will convey to the Count before its delivery—to eff e ct when you will first converse with the Chevalr Chattalux on the Mode of its Comunication—Its Object is to inform the Count, that I have in Contemplation A very sudden Surprize of some Post of the...