Letter : Yorke, [Pa.], to Brigadier General Edward Hand, Wyoming, [Pa.], 1779 June 3.

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Letter : Yorke, [Pa.], to Brigadier General Edward Hand, Wyoming, [Pa.], 1779 June 3.

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June 3, 1779, letter from Hartley, to Brig. Gen. Edward Hand, recommending William Huston, an adjutant in his former regiment, and Robert Crownover, for service in Gen. Sullivan's upcoming expedition against the Iroquois in New York.

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