George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Smith, October 28, 1777

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Head Quarters [Whitpain, Pa.] 28^th. October 1777

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Sir

... I have ordered a very handsome detachment for the reinforcement of Forts Mifflin and Mercer and the Gallies they have been ready since yesterday but the weather has been such, that they could not march. When they arrive, the duty will not be so severe, and if the men that you carried down at first can possibly be spared they shall be relieved. I will send them down necessaries out of the first that arrive from Lancaster. You seem to have mistaken the Commodores meaning. From his letter¹ I understand that he will always assist you whenever it is in his power. He tells you that in rough Weather his Gallies and armed Boats cannot live and therefore guards you against expecting much assistance from them at such times. I beg you of all things, not to suffer any Jealousies between the land and sea service to take place. Consider that your mutual security depends upon acting perfectly in concert. I have wrote to Col^o. Green² to afford you every possible assistance from Red Bank till the reinforcement gets down....I am &c

Df, DLC, George Washington Papers, Series 4. Six sentences of this letter are not printed here. They relate to a dispute over rank between Samuel Smith and Lt. Col. John Green and to the state of the enemy's works on Province Island. Addressed at foot of last page: "L^t Col^o Smith." Docketed: "28 October 1777/to/L^t. Col^o. Smith."

1. Commodore John Hazelwood to Colonel Henry Leonard Philip Baron D'Arendt and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Smith, 26 Oct., above.

2. Letter not found.

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1777 October 28

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Volume 10

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American Theatre from October 1, 1777, to December 31, 1777

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Smith, October 28, 1777

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