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
Go: Washington
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).