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From George Washington to Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 16 September 1782

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16h Sepr 1782

Sir

Agreeable to your Excellency’s request I have written to Governor Hancock to call out the Militia in the neighbourhood of Boston should the enemy threaten the Fleet under the command of the Marquis de Vaudreuil. I have the honor to be most sincerely yr Excellency’s obt and hble servt.

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    From George Washington to Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 16 September 1782
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    Washington, George
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    Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de
    Date
    16 September 1782

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