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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC07881
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1780
Title	George Washington to the Officer commanding the New Jersey Brigade
Date	29 November 1780
Author	Washington, George (1732-1799)
Document Type	Correspondence; Military document
Content Description	Detailed advise about military strategy. In part: "You are, in case you should receive just information as you can rely on of the enemy's moving up the North River in force, to march immediately with the troops under your command to West Point - giving the Officer commanding there and in the Jerseys notice thereof..." Washington goes on to describe various scenarios and the appropriate military response to each.
Subjects	President Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General West Point (US Military Academy) Continental Army Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs
People	Washington, George (1732-1799)
Place written	Morristown, New Jersey
Theme	The Presidency; The American Revolution
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide To the Officer commanding the Jersey Brigade Sir The Jersey Brigade is placed under the general direction of the Officer commanding in this State, and you are to obey his orders, but you are nevertheless to attend to the instructions you have already received from me and there which follow- copies of which you are to furnish the Commanding Officer in the State with, that he may give none which may clash with them; You are to leave a detachment of about one hundred men properly Officered, [sic]and under the command of a Feild [sic] Officer, near Suferans: at or near the place where the old Barracks stood, where, or on the Height South of the Bridge, it may be well to build a Block House proof against Musketry and calculated for Barracks for the above number of men- or a smaller number- say sixty. You are, in case you should received such information as you can rely on of the enemy's moving up the North River in force, to march immediately [sic] with the troops under, your command to West Point- giving the Officer commanding [inserted: there and] in the Jerseys notice thereof- You are; as far as it [inserted: is] in your power with prudence, to oppose any incursions of the enemy in the quarter where you lay- particularly in that district of [2] Country between the [passaci] and North Rivers. And you are to afford when it is required, or when in your judgment it is necessary, escorts to the public property passing to and from the Army, You are not under any pretence whatever, without leave from me, to Suffer a Regiment to be without a Feild [sic] Officer, or a Company without one Commissioned Officer at least- Every Horse, public and private, that can possibly be dispensed with is to be Sent from Camp as Soon as you get to your ground. The Officers who are intitled [sic] to keep Horses at public expence [sic] [inserted: in Camp] will be allowed the expence [sic] of keeping them at a distance. It is expected that the Strictest discipline will be maintained by the troops under your command no injury offered to the persons or property of the Inhabitants. Given at Morris Town this 29t: day of Novemr. 1780 G:o Washington [docket] G Wash_n's Nov. 29 1780

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