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From George Washington to Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 10 September 1782

Sir Head Quarters Verplanks point 10th Septemr 1782

I had last evening the honor of receiving your Excellencys favor of the 7th from Princetown containing the agreeable intelligence of your approach.

I have immediately forwarded your letter to Monsr de la Tombe by our Chain of Expresses.

I have constantly kept the Marquis de Vaudreuil advised of Admiral Pigots motions, from the first information of his arrival upon these Coasts to his arrival at the Hook.

I very impatiently await the time of welcoming your Excellency upon your again forming a junction with the American Army. I have the honor to be with the warmest personal Regard yr Excellency’s Most [ot] Servt.

DLC: Papers of George Washington.

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