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Letter from General Greene to General Washington

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GENERAL GREENE TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Camp on Long Island, July 16, 1776.

SIR: Colonel Hands reports the fleet lies much in the same situation as yesterday, three ships at the Hook, two tenders

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cruising in the Bay. No deserters last night. Nothing material has happened since yesterday. I am in hopes to get the works on Cobble Hill completed in a few days: it has taken much more time than I expected. I have such a number of guards that the fatigue party is much smaller than I could wish, but I cannot safely enlarge it without injuring the health of the people, for they are one day on and one day off duty now. One ship and a sloop have been under sail today, but are now come to.

I am, with all due respect, your Excellency' s most obedient humble servant,
N˙ GREENE.

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