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WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Autograph letter signed ("G. Washington") as Commander-in-Chief, to Governor George Clinton, Newburgh, 2 December 1782. One page, 4to.
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WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Autograph letter signed ("G. Washington") as Commander-in-Chief, to Governor George Clinton, Newburgh, 2 December 1782. One page, 4to.
WASHINGTON WAITS FOR THE BRITISH EVACUATION OF NEW YORK
"Your Excelly's favor of yesterday's date came to my hands abt. an hour ago. The Fleet (from all accts.) has sailed from New York, & no troops are gone with it. If you cd. make it convenient to ride down here tomorrow (the earlier the better, if the suddenness of it should not create suspicion) I should be happy in an opportunity of conversing with you on a particular matter which will not permit me to leave home at this time. With the greatest esteem & regard....".
Written from the Army's winter encampment during the prolonged and uneasy truce that lasted from the signing of the preliminary treaty between Britain and the United States on 5 November 1782 until the final Treaty of Peace was signed ten months later in Paris. Washington informs Clinton of the movement of the second Division of the British Fleet, of which 13 ships had sailed from New York on the 22nd of October. Rumors had been flying for weeks that the British were about to evacuate New York City and Charleston, and Wshington was waiting anxiously for some confirming indication of British intentions. The British did not finally leave New York, however, until nearly a year later, in late November 1783. Published in Fitzpatrick, 25:385.
WASHINGTON WAITS FOR THE BRITISH EVACUATION OF NEW YORK
"Your Excelly's favor of yesterday's date came to my hands abt. an hour ago. The Fleet (from all accts.) has sailed from New York, & no troops are gone with it. If you cd. make it convenient to ride down here tomorrow (the earlier the better, if the suddenness of it should not create suspicion) I should be happy in an opportunity of conversing with you on a particular matter which will not permit me to leave home at this time. With the greatest esteem & regard....".
Written from the Army's winter encampment during the prolonged and uneasy truce that lasted from the signing of the preliminary treaty between Britain and the United States on 5 November 1782 until the final Treaty of Peace was signed ten months later in Paris. Washington informs Clinton of the movement of the second Division of the British Fleet, of which 13 ships had sailed from New York on the 22nd of October. Rumors had been flying for weeks that the British were about to evacuate New York City and Charleston, and Wshington was waiting anxiously for some confirming indication of British intentions. The British did not finally leave New York, however, until nearly a year later, in late November 1783. Published in Fitzpatrick, 25:385.