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From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 1 October 1777

To Major General Philemon Dickinson

Head Quarters [Skippack, Pa.] 1st October 1777

Dear Sir

The vast quantity of Stores of different kinds that are accumulated at Trenton will make it a work of some time to remove them, and if they are left intirely uncovered it may tempt the Enemy to send up a light party to destory them. I shall therefore be glad if you will endeavour to throw in a Body1 of your Militia to mount a guard over the Stores till they are removed.

I must leave the Number to you as I do not know what disposition you have made of your force. I would only hint that the importance of the Stores is such that I could wish it may be as respectable as possible. I am &c.

Df, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. At this place on the draft manuscript, Tilghman first wrote “few Hundred.” He then struck out those words and wrote “Body” above the line.

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    From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 1 October 1777
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    Date
    1 October 1777

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    “From George Washington to Major General Philemon Dickinson, 1 October 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0386. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 11, 19 August 1777 – 25 October 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase and Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001, p. 357.]

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