From George Washington to John Jay, 11 September 1779
To John Jay
Head Quarters West Point 11th Sepr 1779
Sir
I do myself the honor to inclose your Excellency two of the latest York papers that have come to my hands.1
The Count de la Luzerne reached Springfeild the Evening of the 7th and may be every hour expected here.2 I have the honor to be with the greatest Respect Yr Excellency’s Most obt and humble Servt
Go: Washington
LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DNA:PCC, item 152; Df, DLC:GW; copy, DNA: PCC, item 169; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. These enclosures have not been identified.
2. La Luzerne, the new minister plenipotentiary of France, was traveling from Boston to Philadelphia. For the itinerary of La Luzerne’s party, which included a visit with GW at West Point, see GW to Robert Howe, 18 Aug., n.1; see also GW to Ezekiel Belden, 5 Sept., and the notes to that document. For La Luzerne’s visit with GW at West Point, see Substance of a Conference with La Luzerne, 16 September.