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At the camp of Head of Elk, September 8, 1781

I have received your orders my dear general, I will execute them
to the best of my ability, I have asked the Chevalier de Chastellux
to ask you to leave my instructions in Baltimore
which will indicate to me the point of the Bay of
of Chesapeack, where the two divisions I lead should land
as well as the means that I will find to subsist there, you know my
my dear general, my tender and respectful
attachment to you,
Vioménil

PS
The second brigade is in desolation
to imagine that the delay of their embarkation
in Baltimore may cause them to miss
the opportunity to show themselves well, and to participate in
our glory, some of the leaders say that you have left them
hope on the day of your reconnaissance
in New York, that this brigade would be ordered first to march to the
enemies, it is the feeling of their [... ]