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To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 13 May 1777

From Major General Israel Putnam

Princeton [N.J.] 13th May 1777

Dear Genl,

There arrived here Yesterday about 1000 Men—The Maryland Detachments, of which I have yet no Return, but suppose about 600, I shall detain at this Place, agreeable to your Instructions1—The Detachment of 9th P[ennsylvania] B[attalion] under Majr Smith I have ordered to march immediately to Bont [Bound] Brook—Since the 10th Inst. have passed thro’ this Place about 400 Virginians in different Detachments and Majr Ottendorf with a Part of his Indept Corps.

I Sent a Waggon to Philada for Tents but could get none, neither Genl Mifflin or his Asst were in Town. I am Sir with the Utmost Esteem your hu. Servt

Israel Putnam

Qurey wil it not do to atack Bromswick in thar weak stat.

LS, DLC:GW. The postscript is in Putnam’s writing.

1. See GW to Putnam, 12 May.

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    13 May 1777

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    “To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 13 May 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0409. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 9, 28 March 1777 – 10 June 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 414.]

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