From George Washington to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 3 December 1779
To Brigadier General Anthony Wayne
Head Quarters Morris Town 3d Decemr 1779.
Dear Sir
Your favr of yesterday reached me in the Evening. I only arrived here the day before,1 and have not yet had leisure to look about me, or finally determine upon the arrangement and disposition of the troops this Winter, and consequently must defer the decision of the question you make concerning the light Infantry. All the Officers of the Corps, except those of Massachusets, may safely send for their Baggage and Winter Cloathing to Morris town, as it will there be convenient for them whether they remain embodied or join their respective Regiments.2
I am obliged to you for the New York papers and am with great Regard Dear Sir Your most obt Servt
Go: Washington
LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, PHi: Wayne Papers; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. GW signed the cover of the LS, which includes a notation that reads: “dispatched 4 OClock P.M.”
1. For GW’s travel between West Point and Morristown, see General Orders, 27 Nov., source note, and GW to Samuel Huntington, 29 Nov.; see also GW to Huntington, 2 Dec., n.1.
2. GW subsequently disbanded the Light Infantry (see GW to Wayne, 28 Dec.; see also Wayne to GW, 7 Jan. 1780, DLC:GW).