#pg. 97

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The cavalry was instructed to continue on Wilmington before encamping, and Washington, Greene, and their new charge, Lafayette, along with their aides continued along with the horsemen and made headquarters in Wilmington in a house on Quaker Hill.....The next morning, Washington, Greene, Lafayette, their aides, and a strong troop of horse, rode southward on a scouting expedition.

Forgotten Patriot: The Life and Times of Major-General Nathanael Greene by Lee Patrick Anderson, pg. 97. This book and I don’t get along, but I feel irrationally obligated to share every mention of Lafayette I see. Here you go. 

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