adelphia, October 25th, 1782.

Sir,

I have received the letter your Excellency did me the honor to write
me on the 10th instant, with the amount of expenses incurred by the
expresses, which formed the communication with the Marquis de
Vaudreuil. The treasurer of our army will pay to your Quarter Master
General the five hundred and thirtyseven dollars he has been so kind
as to advance for that purpose. I beg also, that you will please to
send me the amount of expenses incurred in procuring the intelligence
from New York, and that you will accept my thanks for the trouble you
have had in these details.

I will be exceedingly obliged to your Excellency to inform me where
the seventyfifth regiment of grenadiers actually is.

I have the honor to be, &c.

LUZERNE.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON TO M. DE LUZERNE.

Head Quarters, October 25th, 1782.

Sir,

The enclosed letter, which I have the honor to transmit to your
Excellency, was received this moment by a flag of truce from New York.
It was accompanied by one addressed to me from the Count de Vergennes,
on the same subject.[12]

The case of Captain Asgill having, before the receipt of these
letters, been submitted to Congress, I have immediately transmitted to
that body, copies of the Count's letters to me, and have permitted
myself to solicit from them, an early decision of his fate, which,
judging from my own feelings, I persuade myself cannot be an
unfavorable one.

I send your Excellency a transcript of intelligence, which I have this
day forwarded to the Marquis de Vaudreuil.

I am, &c.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

FOOTNOTES:

[12] See this letter above, p. 105.

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TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.

Translation.

Philadelphia, October 28th, 1782.

Sir,

The undersigned, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Most Christian
Majesty, has had too frequent opportunities of satisfying himself,
that Congress fully perceives how intimately the interests of the two
nations are connected, not to be convinced that they will learn with
pain, that very considerable quantities of provisions have been sent
by the Raritan to New York, and along t