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.