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Excerpt from The Writings of George Washington, Vol. 8: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published From the Original Manuscripts; With a Life of the Author, Notes, and Illustrations The success Of the proposed enterprise, must de pend on the absence Of the British fleet, the secrecy Of the attempt, and a knowledge Of the exact Situa tion Of the enemy. If, after you have been at the westward, the circumstances, from your intelligence, shall still appear favorable, you will be at liberty to be the bearer Of the enclosed letter to the Count de Rochambeau, to whose determination I have referred the matter; as any cooperation on our part, by moving troops towards the Sound, would give such indications of the design, as would effectually frustrate the suc cess. Should you not proceed to the Count, you may destroy that letter. If, on the contrary, you should go to N ewport, by keeping an account of the expenses, they will be repaid by the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.