George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 23 June 1777

George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull1

Middlebrook [New Jersey] June 23, 1777. Regrets inability to supply field pieces. Is pleased with report on quota of troops. Advises Trumbull on exchange of Danbury prisoners. Praises American attack on British evacuating Brunswick.

Df, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Trumbull was governor of Connecticut.

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Title: George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 23 June 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Trumbull, Jonathan
Date: 23 June 1777

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Cite as: “George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, 23 June 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0197. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 273.]

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