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From George Washington to Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam, 16 July 1779 [letter not found]

Letter not found: to Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam, 16 July 1779. Putnam wrote GW on 16 July: “I am this moment honord with your Excellencys Letter, announcing the agreeable & happy news of Genl Waynes Success.” The date is supplied on the basis of Washington’s letters of this date on this topic to George Clinton, John Jay, William Livingston, and Alexander McDougall.

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    From George Washington to Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam, 16 July 1779 [letter not found]
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    Washington, George
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    Putnam, Israel
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    16 July 1779

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    “From George Washington to Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam, 16 July 1779 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-21-02-1089. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 21, 1 June–31 July 1779, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, pp. 521–522.]

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