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From George Washington to Major Generals William Howe and John Burgoyne, 15 July 1776

To Major Generals William Howe and John Burgoyne

New York July 15th 1776

Sir,

I have it in charge from Congress to transmit the Inclosed Resolutions to you1—and have the honr to be Sir Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington

Comr in Chief of the Continental Forces

ALS, P.R.O.: Carleton Papers, document 228(1); LB, DLC:GW; copy, P.R.O.: Carleton Papers, document 228(2); copy, P.R.O.: Colonial Office Papers; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. The LB is followed by a memorandum reading: “A Similiar Letter to Genl Burgoyne inclosed Genl Schuyler this day.”

1. For these resolutions of 10 July regarding the treatment of the American prisoners captured at the Cedars, see Hancock to GW, 13 July, and note 2.

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    From George Washington to Major Generals William Howe and John Burgoyne, 15 July 1776
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    Howe, William
    Burgoyne, John
    Date
    15 July 1776

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    “From George Washington to Major Generals William Howe and John Burgoyne, 15 July 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-05-02-0234. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 5, 16 June 1776 – 12 August 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 327.]