Head Quarters, West Point, October 25, 1779.
Gentlemen:
I have just received a letter from Colonel Hamilton, mentioning your
having changed your position, at Lewistown, for that of Little Egg
Harbor; and that you would write me more fully on your arrival at the
Furnace. In my last I informed you that the enemy had evacuated both
their posts at King’s Ferry; since which, no alteration has taken place
that has come to my knowledge. Things at Rhode Island remain in the
same situation; at least I have received no accounts, either confirming
or contradicting my former intelligence.
I am, Gentlemen, your most ob’t,
Humble servant,
G. Washington.
Gen. Du Portail.
Colonel Hamilton.