Brigadier General John Paterson to George Washington, 22 February 1779
Letter not found: from Brig. Gen. John Paterson, 22 Feb. 1779. GW wrote Paterson on 26 Feb.: “I rec[e]ived your letter of the 22d Int. requesting leave of absence for a short time from the army.”

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