To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 25 June 1780

From Major General Nathanael Greene

Springfield June 251 1780

Sir

I have this moment receivd your Excellencys letter of this day.2 Maxwells brigade & Lees Light Horse will march early in the morning.

I have got no further intelligence but Col. Dayton expects some to Night.3

I shall be under the necessity to go by the way of Morris, and will join the Army as soon as I have put things in a proper train in the Quarter Masters Department at that place.

Your Excellency will receive by this Express, the report of the Action of day before yesterday.4 I am with great respe[c]t Your Excellencys Most Obedt humble Ser.

Nath. Greene

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. The numeral “5” is written over the numeral “6.” The letter is docketed 25 June, and its content also indicates that date.

2. This letter has not been found.

3. Greene relayed this intelligence when he wrote GW again on this date.

4. See Greene’s third letter to GW, 24 June (Battle of Springfield, 23–24 June, Document XI).

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Title: To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 25 June 1780
Author: Greene, Nathanael
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 25 June 1780

Reference

Cite as: “To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 25 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-26-02-0396. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 26, 13 May–4 July 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins and Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 549.]

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