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George Washington to Brigadier General Gold Selleck Silliman, 11 March 1777

George Washington to
Brigadier General Gold Selleck Silliman

Morristown [New Jersey] March 11, 1777. Discusses British naval feints. Is not apprehensive of an attack on Connecticut and, therefore, refuses to send requested detachments.

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

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    George Washington to Brigadier General Gold Selleck Silliman, 11 March 1777
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    Washington, George
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    Silliman, Gold Selleck
    Date
    11 March 1777

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    “George Washington to Brigadier General Gold Selleck Silliman, 11 March 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0098. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 203.]