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George Washington to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 3 May 1777

George Washington to
Brigadier General Alexander McDougall

Morristown [New Jersey] May 3, 1777. Approves detention of Seward’s1 company. States that the sailing of British ships from Amboy, New Jersey, necessitates further attention to British movements on North River.

LS, in writing of H, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

1. Captain Thomas Seward, Third Continental Artillery.

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    George Washington to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 3 May 1777
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    Washington, George
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    McDougall, Alexander
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    3 May 1777

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    “George Washington to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 3 May 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0152. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 245.]

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