1From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Israel Shreve, 26 May 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
I am commanded by His Excellency to inform you that you are to march on Saturday with your regiment for this camp where you will receive further orders. I am Sir Yr. Obed serv ALS , University of Houston Libraries. Shreve was a colonel in command of New Jersey’s Second Regiment, which was stationed at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. The “further orders” directed Shreve to proceed to Easton,...
2From George Washington to Israel Shreve, 26 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to Israel Shreve, 26 May 1779. On 28 May, Shreve wrote to GW : “Yesterday I Receivd your order of the 26th to march.”