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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
I am, with all due respect, your Excellency' s most obedient humble servant,Letter from General Greene to General Washington
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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.
N˙ GREENE.