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To George Washington from Winthrop Sargent, 2 February 1776 [letter not found]

Letter not found: from Winthrop Sargent, 2 Feb. 1776. A letter of 4 Feb. to Sargent, apparently written for GW by Stephen Moylan, “acknowledged receipt of his Letter of the 2d inst. giveing an acct of the Brig Henry & Ester, Laden with 62 Cord of wood, 150 Butts with water, 40 Suits of Soldiers Bedding, taken by Capt. Waters & Capt. Tucker & Sent into Scwan Harbour”1 (DLC:GW).

1. For the capture of this vessel, see GW to Hancock, 9 Feb. 1776 (third letter).

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    To George Washington from Winthrop Sargent, 2 February 1776 [letter not found]
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    Sargent, Winthrop
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    2 February 1776

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    “To George Washington from Winthrop Sargent, 2 February 1776 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0176. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 240.]

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