Letter [manuscript] : Middlebrook, N.J., to William Alexander, Lord Stirling, 1777 July 2.

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Letter [manuscript] : Middlebrook, N.J., to William Alexander, Lord Stirling, 1777 July 2.

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Washington informs Alexander of British attacks against Ticonderoga and requests that he keep his division together and obtain information concerning movements on Staten Island and in Bergen, N.J.

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