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From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 15 December 1776

To Major General John Sullivan

Head Quarters at Keiths Decr 15th 1776

Dear Sir

About One OClock to day, I received your Letter of the 13th and sincerely regret with you, the unhappy fate of Genl Lee. I know his feelings upon the occasion, and I know the loss our Country must sustain in his Captivity. The Event has happened & I refer you to the several Letters which I had wrote him, & to one which now goes to Lord Stirling,1 & to my Lord himself who, I presume, is with you & who was fully possessed of my Ideas when he left me, for the measures you and he may Judge necessary to adopt.

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

1. See GW to Charles Lee, 10, 11, 14 Dec., and GW to Lord Stirling, 14 December.

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    From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 15 December 1776
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    15 December 1776

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    “From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 15 December 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-07-02-0278. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 7, 21 October 1776–5 January 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, p. 350.]

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