Letter from the New-York Convention to General Washington

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In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York,
White Plains, July 18, 1776.

SIR: I have the honour to enclose your Excellency a copy of a letter this moment received from Colonel Van Cortlandt and Captain Zephaniah Platt, who were sent from this Convention for the purpose of providing for and stationing the Militia that might come down from the country to guard the river, and assist the other Militia at the forts in the Highlands.

I am, with the greatest respect, your Excellency' s most obedient servant,
By order: NATHANIEL WOODHULL, President.

To His Excellency General Washington, at Head Quarters, New York.