From George Washington to Major Joseph Prowell, 17 April 1779

To Major Joseph Prowell

Head Quarters [Middlebrook] April 17th: 1779

Sir

I am informed by Capt: Mc:Lane that two officers and some men belonging to his Company are Marching with the Detachment under your Command. As his Company is by the Resolve of Congress Annexed to the Delaware Batalion.1 You will Immediately send back that part of it which is with you, with Directions to proceed to this Camp. I am Sir Your most Obdt: Servt:

G. Washington.

Typescript, DLC:GW, series 9. A note at the bottom of the typescript indicates that it was taken from a copy written by Prowell, which was held in 1939 by the American Autograph Shop in Merion Station, Pennsylvania.

1. See GW to William Malcom, 17–18 April, n.3.

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Title: From George Washington to Major Joseph Prowell, 17 April 1779
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Prowell, Joseph
Date: 17 April 1779

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Major Joseph Prowell, 17 April 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-20-02-0100. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 20, 8 April–31 May 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, pp. 111–112.]

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