George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 16 June 1777

From Major General Israel Putnam

Peeks Kill [N.Y.] June 16th 1777

Dr General

the Inclosed Letter was bro’t here by [ ].1 I wrote to the Governor on that head—some time past & the man who bro’t the Letter told me the subject of it which Induced me to take the Liberty to open it.

I have orderd payment to those Troops mentiond in the Inclosed. I am Sir Your Most Obdt Hume servt

L, DLC:GW.

1. Putnam enclosed Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.’s first letter to GW of 9 June 1777.

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    To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 16 June 1777
    Author
    Putnam, Israel
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    16 June 1777

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    “To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 16 June 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0054. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 10, 11 June 1777 – 18 August 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 53.]

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