...been your business that you all know how vital it is to your nation's safety and freedom's survival. "The necessity of procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not be further urged," General Washington wrote to one of his colonels in 1777. "All that remains for me to add is that you...

...intelligence chief in New Jersey. The letter is dated July 26, 1777. In that letter, he stated, and I quote : The necessity of procuring good intelligence is apparent,...that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon secrecy success depends in most enterprises, and for want of it they are generally defeated,...

...letter, he stated, and I quote : The necessity of procuring good intelligence is apparent, and need not further urged. All that remains for me to add is that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon secrecy success depends in most enterprises, »nd for want of it they are generally defeated,...

...self-evident proposition in a letter to one of his intelligence officers, Elias Dayton, on 26 July 1777: "The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent...me to add , is , that you keep the whole matter as seer et as possible . For upon Secrecy, Success depends in most Enterprises of the kind, and for want...

...Washington who, precisely 200 years ago, wrote in a letter to Col. Elias Dayton; "The necessity for procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not...remains for me to add is that you keep the whole matter a~ secret as possible. For upon secrecy, success depends in most enterprises of the kind and for want...

...two hundred years ago General Washington wrote, ma letter to Ool. Ellas Dayton, "The necessity for procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not...that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon secrecy, success depends in most enterprises of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally...

...heed the words of Gen. Washington when, in 1777, he wrote to Col. Elias Dayton: "The necessity for procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not...that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon secrecy, success depends in most enterprises of the kind and for want of it they are generally...

...Colonel Elias Dayton just 20<» years ago: The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged — All that remains for...that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy, Success depends in most Enterprizes of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally...

...concluded his letter with this paragraph: The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent £ need not be further urged All that remains for me...that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy, Success depends in Most Enterprises of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally...

...ELIAS DAYTON, "THE NECESSITY OF PROCURING GOOD INTELLIGENCE IS APPARENT AND NEED NOT BE FURTHER ARGUED. ALL THAT REMAINS FOR ME TO ADD IS THAT YOU KEEP THE WHOLE MATTER AS SECRET AS POSSIBLE. FOR UPON SECRECY, SUCCESS DEPENDS IN MOST ENTERPRISES OF THIS KIND, AND FOR WANT OF IT, THEY ARE GENERALLY...