BIB_ID
136787
Accession number
MA 506.5
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1783 Jan. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Irwin Collection, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 31.1 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Col. Willit / Fort Renselaer" [sic] with the following directions: "The Qr. Master at Albany is to forward this with dispatch. G. Washington."
Marked "Private" on the address panel.
Part of a collection of letters and documents concerning a night attack on Oswego; for more information see main record for MA 506.
Marked "Private" on the address panel.
Part of a collection of letters and documents concerning a night attack on Oswego; for more information see main record for MA 506.
Provenance
Irwin Collection.
Summary
Discussing the clothing and provisions ordered for Willett's expedition against Oswego; telling him that he will try to come to Fort Herkimer by the time the expedition sets out, but emphasizing that "of this [he should] take no notice to anybody nor suffer it to have any influence on [his] preparations"; asking him to use his "best judgment" in deciding whether to proceed with the expedition.
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