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- GLC#
- GLC01746
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 25, 1778
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to Benjamin Tallmadge
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket : free frank Height: 35 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Letter signed as commander in chief and written in the hand of John Laurens, Washington's aide. Assures Tallmadge that his cavalry would receive enough supplies but warns that there will be no new horses. Complains about the dragoon's ill use of the horses, "It gives me pain but I cannot forbear attributing the ill state of the Cavalry, in a great measure to the unrestrained licence of the Dragoons in the use of their horses; their speed is equally immoderate on all occasions; when they are detached, nor are their horses less freely employed on their own private concerns." Letter addressed to Major Tallmadge. Free franked, "on public service."
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