George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Brigadier General James Potter, 22 December 1777

From Brigadier General James Potter

Decr 22d 12 oClock 1777

Sir

I sent Capt. Lives of with 5 men when I wrote you he is Just Returned and says the enemy are in Darbey with a large Number and going aplundring of three Townships.1 I am Sir your Most Humble Servant

Ja’s Potter

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. For more information on this British foraging expedition, see Daniel Morgan to GW (first letter), 23 Dec., n.1.

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    To George Washington from Brigadier General James Potter, 22 December 1777
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    Potter, James
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    Washington, George
    Date
    22 December 1777

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    “To George Washington from Brigadier General James Potter, 22 December 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0613. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 12, 26 October 1777 – 25 December 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. and David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2002, p. 672.]

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