To George Washington from Major General Stirling, 19 November 1778

From Major General Stirling

Elizabeth Town [N.J.] Novr 19th 1778

Dr Sir

Besides the 74. & 64. & three Lesser Ships I mentioned to be arrived at New york I have Information of a Very large Ship being at Anchor off Deal a few Miles below Black point on the Monmouth Coast by the description I think she must be Admiral Byrons flag Ship, her Bowsprit Mizen Mast and Main top Mast gone.1

I have this Moment received the two papers herewith enclosed & am your Excellencys Most Obt Humble Servt

Stirling,

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Adm. John Byron’s flagship, H.M.S. Princess Royal, had docked safely in Rhode Island on 13 Nov. (see Mackenzie Diary description begins Diary of Frederick Mackenzie Giving a Daily Narrative of His Military Service as an Officer of the Regiment of Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Years 1775–1781 in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1930. description ends , 2:419); as Stirling indicated in his next letter to GW, of 20–21 Nov., the report of a dismasted ship off Deal, N.J., was false.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: To George Washington from Major General Stirling, 19 November 1778
Author: Stirling, Lord (né William Alexander)
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 19 November 1778

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Major General Stirling, 19 November 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-18-02-0225. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 18, 1 November 1778 – 14 January 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, p. 214.]

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