George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Colonel David Henley, 16 November 1778

From Colonel David Henley

Bedford [N.Y.] 16th Novemr 1778

Sir

I receivd a Letter last Evening from Capt. Wales (of Col. Guist Corps[)], dated Bergin the 13 Inst., in which he says the Fleet at Staten Island consisting of Thirty seven Transports (with troops on board[)], and two Men of War got under way, and he saw them sail through the Narrows at sun set that Evening: that he will continue to watch the farther motions of the rest of the fleet, and that I may expect him soon then your Excellency shall have the farther particulars as he relates them. I am with due Respect Your Excellencys most obdt and Hum. Servt

David Henley

ALS, DLC:GW. The letter was carried “⅌ Col. Fitzgerald.”

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    To George Washington from Colonel David Henley, 16 November 1778
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    Henley, David
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    Washington, George
    Date
    16 November 1778

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    “To George Washington from Colonel David Henley, 16 November 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-18-02-0169. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 18, 1 November 1778 – 14 January 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, p. 167.]

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