To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Loammi Baldwin, 12 September 1775

From Lieutenant Colonel Loammi Baldwin

Chelsea [Mass.] Sept. 12th 1775
4 oClock P.M.

May it please Your Excellency

Enclosed are the Observations of yesterday & to day.1 I have observed that the Boat at Charlestown Ferry have passed more frequently than usual last Night & this Morning Those from Boston to Charlestown being deeply Loaded with Soldiers & those the Contrary way with none. Nothing Remarkable Since my Last. I am Your Excellencys Most Obediant & Very Humb. Servnt

L. Baldwin Lieut. Coll

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Joseph Leach’s returns of observations for 11 and 12 Sept. are in DLC:GW.

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Title: To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Loammi Baldwin, 12 September 1775
Author: Baldwin, Loammi
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 12 September 1775

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Loammi Baldwin, 12 September 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0350. [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, pp. 452–453.]

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