George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 30 August 1776

To Major General William Heath

New York, 30 August 1776. “As Numbers of the Militia are going off without Licence, I desire you will stop all such at Kings bridge, as are not furnished with regular Discharges.”1

LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, MHi: Heath Papers.

1. Heath wrote the captain of the main guard at King’s Bridge later on this date, instructing him “to Stop all Soldiers Coming from the City Except Such as have Proper Discharges, you are to Post Two Sentries on the Bridge that none may Escape” (MHi: Heath Papers).

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    From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 30 August 1776
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    Washington, George
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    Heath, William
    Date
    30 August 1776

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    “From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 30 August 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-06-02-0138. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 6, 13 August 1776 – 20 October 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase and Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, p. 165.]

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