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To George Washington from Major John Clark, Jr., 17 November 1777

From Major John Clark, Jr.

[17 November 1777]

sir

Col. Tilghmans Letter I have received.1

The Enemy are gone over to Jersey I will endeavour to get an exact account of the numbers & transmit you2 in haste I am your Excellency’s Obedt Hble servt

Jno. Clark Junr

a Gentleman of credit says they marched in a solid Column & were an hour & half crossing Derby Bridge, without any impediments.

ALS, DLC:GW. Although this letter is undated, its context suggests that it was written on this date following the receipt of GW’s reply through his aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman to Clark’s first letter of this date.

1. Tench Tilghman’s letter to Clark of this date has not been identified.

2. See Charles Craig to GW, 18 Nov. (second letter).

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    “To George Washington from Major John Clark, Jr., 17 November 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0279. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 12, 26 October 1777 – 25 December 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. and David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2002, pp. 286–287.]

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