From George Washington to Nicholas Cooke, 2 January 1778

To Nicholas Cooke

Head Quarters [Valley Forge] 2d January 1778.

Sir.

Inclosed you will receive a Copy of a Letter from General Varnum to me, upon the means which might be adopted for completing the Rhode Island Troops to their full proportion in the Continental Army—I have nothing to say in addition to what I wrote the 29th of last month on this important subject, but to desire that you will give the Officers employed in this business all the assistance in your power.1 I am with great respect Sir Your most obedt Servt

Go: Washington

LS, in John Laurens’s writing, R-Ar; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See Varnum to GW, this date, and Cooke’s reply to GW of 23 February. One copy of GW’s Circular to the States of 29 Dec. 1777 was addressed to Nicholas Cooke.

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Title: From George Washington to Nicholas Cooke, 2 January 1778
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Cooke, Nicholas
Date: 2 January 1778

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to Nicholas Cooke, 2 January 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0095. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 13, 26 December 1777 – 28 February 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003, p. 114.]

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