Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, 1 June 1777

George Washington to
Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons1

Middlebrook [New Jersey] June 1, 1777. Orders all troops not needed for the Long Island expedition to Peekskill, New York.

Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Parsons was in New Haven, Connecticut, recruiting men for the Continental Army.

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    George Washington to Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, 1 June 1777
    Author
    Washington, George
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    Parsons, Samuel Holden
    Date
    1 June 1777

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    “George Washington to Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, 1 June 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0173. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 261.]