Dear Williams:
The General sends you four fresh horsemen to enable you to transmit him intelligence. The General will take the road you marched to your quarters.
Mind your eye, my dear boy, and if you have an opportunity, fight hard.
Your friend and servant,
A. Hamilton.
HAMILTON TO MAJOR LEE, OR IN HIS ABSENCE, CAPT. McLANE.
July, 1779.
Sir:
There is an encampment of the enemy, or a demonstration of one, which appears on the other side of the river, considerably on this side of Tarry Town. You will be pleased in consequence to have patrols kept from this till morning, seven or eight miles down along the shore and on the roads leading to this place on our right. This might be a critical night, and demands the greatest vigilance.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
A. Hamilton,
Aid-de-Camp.