51From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 12 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
52From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 8 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, The words “after they were deserted by the Militia” are struck out at this place on the draft, which GW’s aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman also penned.