January 5th 1780
Sir, Phila.
Since our last addressed to your Excellency we are favor’d with the inclosed from Major Lee which we take the Liberty to forward by General Smallwood,1 who will give every Information relative to the
Subject - to him therefore we beg Leave to refer & are with the highest Sence of Regard,
Yr Excellencys most obt. & very hble Servts,
Geo Plater
James Forbes
Receiver’s copy, Maryland State Papers (Red Books), Maryland Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis. Written by Plater and signed by Plater and Forbes.
1 Maj. Henry Lee’s undated letter is in Md. Archives, 43:399.
2 For this "last Intelligence," see William Ellery to William Greene, January 4, 1780.