To George Washington from Colonel Edward Stevens, 19 January 1778

From Colonel Edward Stevens

Radnor Meeting [Pa.] Monday Eveng Jany 19th: 1778

Sir

Another Flag from the Enemy, Just arrived at this post with a Letter for yr Excellency,1 with a number of others from our prisoners. All of which I now Forward, with Thirteen Guinea’s Five Shillings and a portmanteau that also came with the Flag. With respect I am Sir Your very hum: Servt

Edward Stevens

ALS, PHi: Thomas Bradford Papers. The letter is docketed: “the money sent to McCrea Reading by Col. [Thomas] Craig.”

1. See William Howe to GW, this date.

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Title: To George Washington from Colonel Edward Stevens, 19 January 1778
Author: Stevens, Edward
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 19 January 1778

Reference

Cite as: “To George Washington from Colonel Edward Stevens, 19 January 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0243. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 13, 26 December 1777 – 28 February 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003, p. 285.]

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