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To George Washington from Captain Charles Craig, 18 November 1777

From Captain Charles Craig

[Frankford, Pa., 18 November 1777]
½ past 11 OClock [A.M.]

Sir

I have this moment receiv’d information of Lord Cornwallace’s crossing in Jersey Last night with four thousand men.1 I Shall write more percticularly this evening. I have the Honour to be Yr Excellencys Most Obt Servt

C. Craig

ALS, DLC:GW. The cover indicates that Craig sent this letter “⅌ Dragoon.”

1. For a fuller account of the British and Hessian troop movements on the night of 17–18 Nov., see John Clark, Jr.’s second letter to GW, 18 Nov., and note 1.

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    “To George Washington from Captain Charles Craig, 18 November 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0294. [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, p. 306.]

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