From George Washington to Major John Clark, Jr., 18 November 1777

To Major John Clark, Jr.

Head Quarters [Whitemarsh, Pa.] 18th Novemr 1777

Dear Sir

I am favd with yours of this date, and send you Fifty dollars for the purposes you mention.1 I beg I may have the most instant intelligence of any accounts that you may obtain, because I beleive that some move of consequence is in Agitation among the Enemy.

I shall for that reason be obliged to you for remaining a few days longer at your present station, as I can put more dependance upon having any accounts regularly & expeditiously forwarded by you than by any other in that quarter. I shall with pleasure give you that Character to Congress which I think your Services deserve and am Dear Sir Yr most obt Servt2

Go: Washington

LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, in private hands. Tilghman signed a pass on the cover that reads: “Permit the Bearer to pass.”

1. See John Clark, Jr.’s first letter to GW, this date.

2. For GW’s recommendation of Clark to Congress, see GW to Henry Laurens, 2 Jan. 1778.

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Title: From George Washington to Major John Clark, Jr., 18 November 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Clark, John Jr.
Date: 18 November 1777

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to Major John Clark, Jr., 18 November 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0290. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 12, 26 October 1777 – 25 December 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. and David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2002, pp. 303–304.]

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