Letter signed [in the hand of David Humphreys] : Headquarters, New Windsor, to [James] Clinton, 1781 May 4.

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Letter signed [in the hand of David Humphreys] : Headquarters, New Windsor, to [James] Clinton, 1781 May 4.

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Saying he has informed Congress of the desperate need for food and supplies, and instructing him to make use of military power to obtain bread and meat from the people of the State of Massachusetts.

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 34cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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