From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay, 27 June 1780
To Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay
Head Quarters Ramapough [N.J.] 27th June 1780
Dear Sir
I have received your favr of this date. Since I wrote to you last1 I have been informed that there are not more than three hundred Barrels of Flour at present at Ringwood—You need therefore only send teams for that quantity—the remainder may be employed upon the sussex Route.
I shall give directions to have the Road from Ringwood to New Windsor surveyed and repaired.2 I am Dear Sir yr most obt Servt.
P.S. Be pleased to forward the letter herewith for Govr Clinton immediately by an Express, it being of great importance.3
Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. The recipient’s copy may have been dated 28 June (see Hay to GW, that date, postscript).
1. GW probably is referring to his letter to Hay of 26 June. That letter has not been found.
2. See GW to James Livingston, 4 July, found at Livingston to GW, 3 July, n.4.
3. GW probably is referring to his second letter to George Clinton of this date; he sent his first letter to Clinton by the express that had brought Clinton’s letter to the Committee at Headquarters of 24 June.