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DEAR GENERAL: I request you to appoint a General Court Martial as soon as possible for the trial of Lieutenant Priestly, of Colonel Magaw' s battalion, Captain Beatty' s company, who is charged by his Captain with making use
I have ordered the two battalions to parade at eleven o' clock, the time of low water, that we may be ready to march if necessary. Captain Horton gave the alarm yesterday through misinformation. If we discover any movements of the enemy you will hear three cannon. A heavy firing was seen and heard from our post last night, supposed to have happened at Long Island; fifty cannon, besides small-arms, were heard.
Yours, affectionately,
To Major-General Heath.
Letter from General Mifflin to General Heath
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of indecent, abusive, and traitorous expressions against his brother officers and his country.
T˙ MIFFLIN.