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George Washington to Colonel Elias Dayton, 14 August 1777

George Washington to Colonel Elias Dayton

Camp at Cross Roads [Pennsylvania] August 14, 1777. Instructs Dayton to send information on strength of the enemy at Kings Bridge and on Staten Island. Also asks Dayton to send account of number of boats available in that area.

LS, in writing of H, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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    George Washington to Colonel Elias Dayton, 14 August 1777
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    Dayton, Elias
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    14 August 1777

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    “George Washington to Colonel Elias Dayton, 14 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0253. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 312–313.]