ALS, 1777 August 12 : New Windsor, [N.Y.], to Pierre Van Cortlandt.

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ALS, 1777 August 12 : New Windsor, [N.Y.], to Pierre Van Cortlandt.

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Written as Brigadier General in the Continental Army, Clinton deals with the defense of the state during the Saratoga campaign. It is in regard to the suppression of Captain Mann and the Schoharie Tories. Clinton says: "I dare not however at present venture to take any of the Continental Troops from the Garrison in the Highlands for this Business. The Designs of the Enemy under General Howe are yet uncertain."

2 p. ; 30.5 x 20.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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