To the Commanding Officer on March from Peekskill, N.Y., 1 August 1777

To the Commanding Officer on March from Peekskill, N.Y.

Chester [Pa.] 1st Augt 1777.

Sir

I have this Moment recd information that the Enemy’s Fleet have left the Capes of Delaware and have steered Eastward again. You are therefore to return immediately to Peeks kill with the two Brigades under your command. If you should find that the Enemy have thrown any Ships in the passage of the King’s Ferry you must proceed up to New Windsor and cross there. I am Sir Yr most obt Servt

Go: Washington

LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, enclosed in GW to John Sullivan, 1 Aug. 1777, PBMC: Adelman Collection; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. The cover of the LS, which also contains GW’s signature, is addressed: “To The Oficer commanding two Brigades on their march from Peekskill.”

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Title: To the Commanding Officer on March from Peekskill, N.Y., 1 August 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Commanding Officer on March from Peekskill, N.Y.
Date: 1 August 1777

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Cite as: “To the Commanding Officer on March from Peekskill, N.Y., 1 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0479. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 10, 11 June 1777 – 18 August 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 475.]