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Joseph Ward to John Adams, July 17, 1777
Peekskill July 17th. 1777 Sir Yesterday I came to this Place upon some business respecting my Department. I left General Washington encamped 18 miles south of the North River. I…
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Letters about Diplomacy
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James Warren to John Adams, July 11, 1777
Boston July 11. 1777 Dr. Sir We have this Moment an Account of the Evacuation of Ticonderoga in Consequence of A Council of General Officers who determined it to be…
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James Warren to John Adams, July 10, 1777
Boston July 10th: 1777 My dear Sir I Returned to this Town on Tuesday and found the Court had Just Adjourned to Sepr:. Last Evening I had the pleasure of…
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Samuel Cooper to John Adams, July 10, 1777
Boston 10th July—77 My dear Sir I have lately wrote you more than one Letter which I hope you have receiv’d. 1 Howe has confess’d his Inferiority in the Field…
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John Adams to James Warren, July 7, 1777
Phyladelphia July 7. 1777 My dear Sir Yours of June 22d. received only today. We have no Thoughts of leaving Philadelphia. I believe Howe has no Thoughts of attempting it—but…
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John Adams to Nathanael Greene, July 7, 1777
Philadelphia July 7. 1777 My dear Sir I never before took hold of a Pen, to write to my Friend General Green, without Pleasure, but I think myself obliged to…
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Joseph Ward to John Adams, July 4, 1777
Camp at Morristown July, 4th, 1777 Dear Sir The Army marched from Middle Brook yesterday and arrived here last Evening and encamped. I presume we shall not remain in this…
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Joseph Ward to John Adams, June 28, 1777
Camp June 28th, 1777 Sir I wish it was in my power to give you a satisfactory and particular state of facts relative to the late movements in the military…
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Thomas, Jr Crafts to John Adams, June 25, 1777
Boston June 25th. 1777 Dear Sir My last to you was, in answer to yours of the 20th March, 1 concerning the manufacture of wrought-iron Cannon, of which I highly…
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John Adams to Nathanael Greene, May 24, 1777
Philadelphia May 24. 1777 During the civil Wars in Rome, in the Time of Sylla, 1 and young Marius, after the Death of the Elder Marius, Sylla commanded one Army…