George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 5 November 1778

To Major General John Sullivan

Head Quarters Fredericksbg [N.Y.] 5th Novemr 1778

Dear Sir

I have just recd advice from Lord Stirling that a fleet of 108 sail left the Hook on the morning of the 3d.1 There were five or six two Deckers among them. I have not yet learned whether any more were preparing to follow, but as there are persons in New York and upon Staten Island, I expect to be speedily informed of any further movements of the Enemy. I am Dear Sir Yr most obt Servt.

P.S. Inclosed you have a Manifestoe lately published by Congress.2

Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See Stirling to GW, 3 November.

2. See Henry Laurens to GW, 1 Nov., and n.5 to that document.

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    From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 5 November 1778
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    Washington, George
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    Sullivan, John
    Date
    5 November 1778

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    “From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 5 November 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-18-02-0052. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 18, 1 November 1778 – 14 January 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 51–52.]

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