1From George Washington to Brigadier General John Fellows, 24 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am just now favd with yours of the 22d. I had, previous to the Receipt of it, been informed by Genl Howe that the Militia from New Hampshire and Massachusetts were beginning to come in to Claverac and that there were no Magazines formed there for their subsistence. Upon this I desired him to order them down to Fishkill as fast as they arrived, but immediately to throw such a supply into...