George Washington to Baron de Holtzendorff, 18 August 1777

George Washington to Baron de Holtzendorff1

Camp at the Cross Roads [Pennsylvania] August 18, 1777. Acknowledges receipt of the Baron’s “plan of a military work.” Encloses letter to Major General Nathanael Greene stating that the Baron is to be attached as a lieutenant colonel to Greene’s division.

Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Baron de Holtzendorff, commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1776, resigned in 1778.

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Title: George Washington to Baron de Holtzendorff, 18 August 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Holtzendorff, Louis-Casimir, baron de
Date: 18 August 1777

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Cite as: “George Washington to Baron de Holtzendorff, 18 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0259. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 317.]