George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 10 September 1778

From Brigadier General Charles Scott

[Westchester County, N.Y.] 10th Sept. 78

Sir

I recd Your orders through Colo. Meade which Shall be immedeatly attended to. Capt. Leavenworth is now on the Sound In persute of Intilligence I make no doubt He will be able to give Some Acct of the Fleat You mention.1 Exclusive of this I Shall this moment Send Colos. Butler Parker & Grayham Some of them I make no doubt Will be able Learn with Certainty whether they have troops on Board. my Corps Shall be in Perfect Readiness to march On the Shortest notice. I am Your Excellencys Obt Servant

Chs Scott

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Scott is most likely referring not to Richard Kidder Meade’s letter of 9 Sept. in reply to Scott’s letter to GW of that date, but rather to another letter from Meade that has not been found. GW was apparently seeking information about the fleet mentioned in Thomas Young Seymour’s letter to him of 9 September.

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    To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 10 September 1778
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    Scott, Charles
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    Washington, George
    Date
    10 September 1778

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    “To George Washington from Brigadier General Charles Scott, 10 September 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-16-02-0608. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 16, 1 July–14 September 1778, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006, pp. 562–563.]

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