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Monday Morning,
[White Plains] July 15th, 1776.
A letter from Genl. Washington, dated yesterday, by express, was received and read, and is in the following words, to wit:
New-York Head-Quarters,
July 14th, 1776.
Gentlemen ー The passage of the enemy up the North river is an event big with many consequences to the public interest. One particularly occurs to me well deserving your attention, and to...
Date: 15 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
New York, July 24th, 1776.
Governor Trumbull having informed me by letter yesterday, that since the arrival of the fleet at the Hook, many of the enemy's frigates and ships have been stationed between Montauk Point and Block Island to intercept the trade from the Sound, and in which they had been but too successful in taking several provision vessels, and of the impossibility that any should...
Date: 27 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
A letter from Genl. Washington was read and follows, vizt:
Head-Quarters,
Heights of Harlem, Septr. 20th, 1776.
Gentn, ー Having reason to believe the enemy will attempt to gall us with their ships of war from the North river as soon as they are ready to open their batteries against the front of our lines, which we expect them to erect with great industry, I beg leave to mention that I think it...
Date: 21 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6