Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Brigadier General Louis Le Beque Du Portail, 27 August 1778

George Washington to
Brigadier General Louis Le Bèque Du Portail

White Plains [New York] August 27, 1778. Instructs Du Portail to examine fortifications of Highlands and to execute instructions given him relative to the plan for defense of Delaware River and Philadelphia.

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    George Washington to Brigadier General Louis Le Beque Du Portail, 27 August 1778
    Author
    Washington, George
    Recipient
    Du Portail, Louis Le Bèque
    Date
    27 August 1778

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    “George Washington to Brigadier General Louis Le Beque Du Portail, 27 August 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0540. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 540.]

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