George Clinton to George Washington, 29 September 1779

From George Clinton

Poukeepsie [N.Y.] 29th September 1779.

Dear Sir,

I am this Moment favoured with your Excellency’s Letter of the 27th Instant;1 shoud the Event which your Excellency has pleased to intimate take Place, you may rely on every aid in the Power of this State to afford for a vigorous Cooperation with our Allies. In the Mean Time I woud wish to be informed of the Number of Men your Excellency may think it necessary for this State to furnish as by this I will the better [be] able to form the proper Arrangements for this Service.2 I am with the most perfect Esteem & Respect your most Obed’t Serv’t

G.C.

L, printed in Hastings and Holden, Clinton Papers, description begins Hugh Hastings and J. A. Holden, eds. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777–1795, 1801–1804. 10 vols. 1899–1914. Reprint. New York, 1973. description ends 5:292–93.

1. See GW to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 27 Sept., a version of which GW also sent to Clinton.

2. GW replied on 1 October.

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Title: George Clinton to George Washington, 29 September 1779
Author: Clinton, George
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 29 September 1779

Reference

Cite as: “George Clinton to George Washington, 29 September 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-22-02-0458. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 22, 1 August–21 October 1779, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 546.]

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