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Council of Safety of Pennsylvania to Board of War

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C0UNCIL OF SAFETY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO BOARD OF WAR.

In Council of Safety, Philadelphia, 15th November, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: The Generals, on viewing the ground between this city and Chester, judge it highly necessary to have a number of light cannon, mounted on traveling carriages, provided immediately. If the Board of War shall think proper to give an order for the eight six-pounders belonging to the sloop Hornet, to be delivered to Colonel Mifflin for that purpose, this Board will order them to be mounted as soon as possible.

By order of Council:

Thos˙ Wharton, Jun˙, President.

To the honourable Board of War.

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Title

Letter from Council of Safety of Pennsylvania to the Board of War

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-11-15

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress
Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment

Document ID

S5-V3-P01-sp20-D0242

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V3

Part

S5-V3-P01

Sub-Part

S5-V3-P01-sp20

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