George Washington to Colonel Peter Gansevoort, 13 August 1778

George Washington to Colonel Peter Gansevoort1

White Plains [New York] August 13, 1778. Instructs Gansevoort to hold Samuel Gake, who has been found guilty by a court-martial, as a witness against Major Jury Hammell.

LS, in writing of H, George Washington Photostats, Library of Congress.

1. Gansevoort was a colonel of the Third New York Regiment.

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Title: George Washington to Colonel Peter Gansevoort, 13 August 1778
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Gansevoort, Peter
Date: 13 August 1778

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Cite as: “George Washington to Colonel Peter Gansevoort, 13 August 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0530. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 534.]