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Letter from General Washington to General Ward

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GENERAL WASHINGTON TO GENERAL WARD.

Head Quarters, New York, August 12, 1776.

DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 4th instant is safe to hand. An answer to the several particulars it contains will be given soon. Time will but allow me to request your forwarding, with all possible despatch, two thirteen-inch sea mortars, of the best in Boston, to this place, with their beds and every thing complete.

I am, sir, yours, &c.,
GO˙ WASHINGTON.

To Major-General Ward.

Details

Title

Letter from General Washington to General Ward

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-08-12

Recipient

Ward, Artemas, General

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: local protection
Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment

Document ID

S5-V1-P01-sp06-D1457

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V1

Part

S5-V1-P01

Sub-Part

S5-V1-P01-sp06

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