George Washington Papers

I: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 11 September 1777

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock

Chads Ford [Pa.]
Sepr 11th 1777. ¾ after 8 OClock A.M.1

Sir

The Enemy are now advancing. Their present appearance indicates a disposition to pursue this Route. If they do, I trust, they will meet with a suitable reception and such as will establish our Liberties. They are now advanced near the Brandiwine & have fired Several peices of Artillery.2 I am Sir with great respect Yr Most Obedt Servt

Rob: H: Harrison

ALS, DNA:PCC, item 152; ADfS, DLC:GW; copy, DNA:PCC, item 169; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. The time of day is not included on the draft or the Varick transcript. Congress read this letter later on this date and referred it to the committee of intelligence (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 8:731–32).

1. On the ALS manuscript the number “8” is written over the number “9.”

2. Harrison is referring to the advance of Knyphausen’s column toward Chadds Ford.

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    I: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 11 September 1777
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    Harrison, Robert Hanson
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    Hancock, John
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    11 September 1777

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    “I: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 11 September 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0190-0002. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 11, 19 August 1777 – 25 October 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase and Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001, pp. 195–196.]

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