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Alexander Hamilton to Israel Putnam, August 29, 1777
Head Quarters Wilmington [Delaware] Augt. 29th. 1 1777 Sir, By command of His Excellency, I am to request you will immediately send on Major Blackden 2 & the detachment that…
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Alexander Hamilton to Timothy Pickering, August 29, 1777
Wilmington [ Delaware ] August 29, 1777. Sends extract from General Orders of June 18, 1777, stating that “Timothy Pickering Esquire is appointed Adjutant General in the Armies of the…
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George Washington to John Hancock, August 29, 1777
Wilmington [ Delaware ] August 29, 1777. Discusses movements of enemy. Asks Hancock to send commissions for Brigadier Generals John Glover, Enoch Poor, and John Paterson.
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Alexander Hamilton to Horatio Gates, August 29, 1777
Head Quarters Wilmington [Delaware] August 29th 1777 Sir, Your two favours 2 both of the 22d came to hand yesterday. His Excellency had been all the day out reconnoitring the…
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George Washington to John Hancock, August 28, 1777
Wilmington [ Delaware ] August 28, 1777. Recommends Count Casimir Pulaski 1 to command cavalry.
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George Washington to John Sullivan, August 27, 1777
Wilmington [ Delaware ] August 27, 1777. Discusses failure of Staten Island expedition. Advises Sullivan to spare health of men on march to Headquarters.
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George Washington to John Hancock, August 22, 1777
Camp at Cross Roads [ Pennsylvania ] August 22, 1777. Acknowledges receipt of news that enemy is in Chesapeake Bay. Informs Hancock of orders given to Colonel Thomas Proctor, Brigadier…
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George Washington to Philippe-Hubert, chevalier de Preudhomme de Borre, August 19, 1777
Camp at Cross Roads [ Pennsylvania ] August 19, 1777. Abides by Brigadier General de Borre’s preference of an American as brigade major and recommends Captain Matthew McConnell of Colonel…
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George Washington to Louis-Casimir, baron de Holtzendorff, August 18, 1777
Camp at the Cross Roads [ Pennsylvania ] August 18, 1777. Acknowledges receipt of the Baron’s “plan of a military work.â€� Encloses letter to Major General Nathanael Greene stating that…
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Alexander Hamilton to Robert R Livingston, August 18, 1777
Head Quarters Camp at Cross Roads [Pennsylvania] Aug. 18, 1777 My Dear Sir, I most sincerely and heartily sympathise with you in the distresses and dangers under which your state…