Letter and engraving, 1777 July 8.

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Letter and engraving, 1777 July 8.

Letter to Major Yates "or officer commanding at Fort George." The letter contains orders to transport powder, entrenching tools, cannon, flour, musket balls, bullets, and some pork. He states that should the enemy approach too near, and are found to be too strong, Yates should leave the fort with cannon and tents, and should destroy all that remains, to keep it from enemy hands. Written at Fort Edward, N.Y.

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