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Warrant signed : Head Quarters [Newburgh, N.Y.], to Marinus Willett, 1783 Feb. 2.

BIB_ID
352037
Accession number
MA 506.8
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1783 Feb. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Irwin Collection, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Body of the warrant may be in the hand of Benjamin Walker.
Part of a collection of letters and documents concerning a night attack on Oswego; for more information see main record for MA 506.
Sent to Willett with a letter dated Feb. 13, 1783 (cataloged separately as MA 506.7).
Provenance
Irwin Collection.
Summary
Authorizing Willett "to take from the Inhabitants by Impress, if necessary, such a number of Sleighs & Horses as may be requisite to carry into Execution" the "Expedition against the Enemy's Post at Oswego."