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Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 to Stephen Moylan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02681 Author/Creator: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 July 1780 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Written by Brigadier General Wayne to Colonel Moylan of the 4th Dragoons. Signed twice by Wayne. Discusses operations around New York during the summer of 1780. Written in the heat of the movement while planning actions against the British in New Jersey. Wants Moylan to drive off cattle and to "Oblige the Inhabitants to serve as Guides - letting them know the Consequence of a Deception." Postscript not in Wayne's hand. Noted as a copy on page 3.

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
Moylan, Stephen, 1737-1811

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