George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Colonel John Lamb, 16 October 1780

XII
To Colonel John Lamb

Hd Qrs [Preakness] Octr 16th 80

Sir

I would willingly dispense with your attendance agreeable to your request if the Court did not deem it necessary.1 But as the case is capital and the prisoner insists on your presence, our military laws require it. I am sorry for your indisposition; but I wish you may find yourself able to be here on thursday or friday. The want of your testimony will otherwise be the only delay to the conclusion of the trial.2 I am with great regard Sir Your most Obedt servt

Go: Washington

LS, in Alexander Hamilton’s writing, NHi.

1. See Document X.

2. Lamb testified at Joshua Hett Smith’s court-martial on Friday, 20 Oct. (see Document XI, n.1).

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    From George Washington to Colonel John Lamb, 16 October 1780
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    Washington, George
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    Lamb, John
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    16 October 1780

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    “From George Washington to Colonel John Lamb, 16 October 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-28-02-0201-0013. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 28, 28 August–27 October 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro and Jeffrey L. Zvengrowski. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 428.]

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