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From George Washington to George Clinton, 20 October 1778

To George Clinton

Head Quarters Fredericksbg 20th October 1778

Dear Sir

I have just recd the inclosed from Albany. It serves to shew the hostile intentions of the Indian Enemy, and consequently the necessity of counteracting them as vigorously as possible.1 I am with great Esteem Your Excellency’s most obt Servt

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LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, CSmH; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. GW enclosed the letter from Indian agent James Deane to Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler of 10 Oct. that Stark had enclosed in his letter to GW of 16 Oct. (see note 1 to that document; see also George Clinton to GW, 21 Oct., and Clinton to Col. John Cantine, 21 Oct., in Hastings and Holden, Clinton Papers, 4:181–82).

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    From George Washington to George Clinton, 20 October 1778
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    “From George Washington to George Clinton, 20 October 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-17-02-0493. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 17, 15 September–31 October 1778, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, p. 475.]

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