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George Washington to Major General William Health, 1 June 1777

George Washington to Major General William Heath

Middlebrook [New Jersey] June 1, 1777. Discusses arrival of Du Coudray.1 Approves of removal of military stores.

LS, in writing of H, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.

1. Philippe Charles Jean Baptiste Tronson du Coudray. By an agreement with Silas Deane, Du Coudray was to receive the rank of major general. Although Congress rejected this agreement, he did receive this rank in August, 1777.

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    George Washington to Major General William Health, 1 June 1777
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    “George Washington to Major General William Health, 1 June 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0172. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 261.]