From George Washington to Brigadier General Daniel Roberdeau, 19 August 1776

To Brigadier General Daniel Roberdeau

Head Qrs N. York Augt 19th 1776

Sir

I Received your favor of this date and thank you for the Intelligence thereby communicated.

The Report propagated by the post Rider, is totally destitute of truth in every instance, & as It may have the fatal tendency you seem but too Justly to apprehend, I beg Sir, that you will take Such Steps to contradict & Suppress It, as you shall think most likely to effect It.1 I am &c.

G.W.

LB, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. GW also refutes this false report in the General Orders for 20 August.

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Title: From George Washington to Brigadier General Daniel Roberdeau, 19 August 1776
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Roberdeau, Daniel
Date: 19 August 1776

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Brigadier General Daniel Roberdeau, 19 August 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-06-02-0076. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 6, 13 August 1776 – 20 October 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase and Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, p. 81.]

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