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General Lee to General Heath

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GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL HEATH.

Chatham, December ye 9th, 1776.

DEAR GENERAL: I am very much obliged to you for your welcome tidings, and have only to beg that you will direct the regiments you speak of to march without loss of time to Morris-Town. I sent an express to you last night from the General, ordering your division over the river, which, I confess for my own part, I am heartily sorry for, as I think we shall be strong enough without you, and New-England, with your district, will be too bare of troops. I am in hopes here to reconquer (if I may so express myself) the Jerseys, It was really in the hands of the enemy before my arrival.

Adieu, dear sir,

CHARLES LEE.

To Major-General Heath, Peekskill.

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Title

Letter from General Lee to General Heath: Hopes to reconquer the Jerseys: It was really in the hands of the enemy before his arrival

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-12-09

Recipient

Heath, William, General

Subject

Military action: intelligence and planning

Document ID

S5-V3-P03-sp01-D0266

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V3

Part

S5-V3-P03

Sub-Part

S5-V3-P03-sp01

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