BIB_ID
127158
Accession number
MA 558.101
Creator
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790.
Display Date
1776 July 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.6 cm
Notes
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Concerning events leading up to the Battle of Long Island; reporting, in detail, on the British ships landing on Staten Island and his preparations for 14 ships to "to go into thare fleat som of which are ready charged and fit to sail and hop soon to have them all fixed;"expressing in detail his concerns for the situation at Crown Point and his fears that the British could take possession of it.
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