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To George Washington from Major General Artemas Ward, 12 May 1776

From Major General Artemas Ward

Boston, 12 May 1776. “The Bearer has this moment arrived with some accounts from England, I have directed the Asst Q. M. Genl to furnish him with a Horse and money to carry him to New York, which Horse he is to deliver to the Q. M. Genl at New York.”1

LS, PHi: Dreer Collection; LB, MHi: Ward Papers.

1The bearer was undoubtedly George Merchant who arrived at GW’s headquarters with his intelligence on 18 May. See John Langdon to GW, 10 May, and GW to Hancock, 18 May 1776.

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