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Massachusetts Council to General Lincoln

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MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL TO GENERAL LINCOLN.

Boston, December 20, 1776.

SIR: The Board have received your letter of 18th instant, and the intrenching tools are sent forward, and I am directed by the Council to inform you that it is their opinion, that it is of the greatest importance to the United States of America, that you should immediately proceed with the troops destined to reinforce the Army near New-York, to Danbury, in Connecticut, and order them to proceed from thence to such place as the commanding officer may direct.

To General Lincoln, Providence.

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Title

Letter from Massachusetts Council to General Lincoln: Desire him to proceed immediately to Danbury, in Connecticut

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text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-12-20

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: state legislatures
Military action: military organization and discipline

Document ID

S5-V3-P03-sp03-D0215

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V3

Part

S5-V3-P03

Sub-Part

S5-V3-P03-sp03

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