Head Quarters, Morristown, January 16, 1780
Dear Sir:
I have recd. your favr. of the 13th. I hope you may meet with the same success in the Counties of Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May, as that which has attended the Officers who went into those contiguous to the Camp. All from whom I have heard, found the Magistrates and people most willing to contribute to the relief of the Army.
When you return from your present Tour, I shall have no objection to the leave of Absence you desire. I am convinced that your attention to do duty and your regard to the good of your Corps will bring you back to it as soon as your Business will admit.
Should Captain Peyton1 find an opportunity of prosecuting the enterprise you have committed to his Care, I wish him success.
I am &c.
1 Capt. Henry Peyton, of Lee’s Dragoons. He was killed at Charleston, S.C., in May, 1780. Lee had transferred to Peyton the enterprise he had planned against Sandy Hook.