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To George Washington from Captain Charles Craig, 19 November 1777

From Captain Charles Craig

[Frankford, Pa.] Wensday one OClock [19 November 1777]

sir

Since my last letter,1 I recived a Certain Account of a Number of Heighlanders Crossing to Jersey last Night about Nine OClock The Cross’d at Coopers ferry their Piquets ware Drawn in last night, their lines very Weak by every information. I am Yr Excellencys Most Obt Servt

Chs Craig

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

1. Craig is referring to his earlier letter to GW of this date.

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    To George Washington from Captain Charles Craig, 19 November 1777
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    19 November 1777

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    “To George Washington from Captain Charles Craig, 19 November 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0311. [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. 316.]

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