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To George Washington from Captain Richard Dodge, 25 August 1775

From Captain Richard Dodge

Chelsea [Mass.] August the 25 1775

I would in form your Exelencey that thare is one man from Boston that Runaway and has now Bisne to git a Liven and would Enter, with me in to the Servis and one that was Presed on Bord the Ship Glasco1 that is of the Sam mind if your Exelencey will give Leave, thay have Now gounes.

I would in form your Exelencey that I maid in Quirey Respecting the Vissels you Wrote a Bout and the Sentres Say thay that thay all Came to a Anker at Nantasket Ro[a]d Excepte one.2 I am your Exelencies most Humble Servnt

Richd Dodge Capt.

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. The British warship Glasgow was stationed in Rhode Island at this time.

2. Dodge apparently is referring to the large British convoy about which GW wrote to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., on 23 August. It was sailing to the Bay of Fundy.

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    To George Washington from Captain Richard Dodge, 25 August 1775
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    “To George Washington from Captain Richard Dodge, 25 August 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0259. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 1, 16 June 1775 – 15 September 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985, p. 362.]

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