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From George Washington to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 24 September 1777

To Brigadier General Alexander McDougall

Camp near Potts Grove [Pa.] 24th Sepr 1777

Dear Sir

I am pleased to find by yours from Coryells Ferry that you are so near me.1 The Army will fall down to Night to a well known place called the Trap 24 Miles from Philada. Tomorrow we shall proceed further down towards Philada. I am Dear Sir Yr most obt Servt

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LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, owned (1997) by Mr. Joseph Rubinfine, West Palm Beach, Florida. The letter is addressed: “To Brigr Genl McDougall on his March from Coryells Ferry.”

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    From George Washington to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 24 September 1777
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    Washington, George
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    24 September 1777

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    “From George Washington to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 24 September 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0320. [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. 313.]

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