Read these sentences.General Washington could not rely on Henry Knox to supply regular reports about the yellow fever epidemic. He _____ wrote to the comptroller of the treasury, Oliver Wolcott, in an attempt to get an update on the situation in Philadelphia.Choose the correct transition word.

The second sentence describes what Washington did because he could not rely on Knox for regular reports. “Therefore” signals that result: Washington therefore wrote to Oliver Wolcott for an update. “Also” would merely add another action, while “either” and “especially” do not fit the relationship between the sentences.

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