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Washington victorious over Generals Howe and Cornwallis...
Washington victorious over Generals Howe and Cornwallis...
Item # 659948
August 05, 1777
THE LONDON EVENING POST, England, August 5, 1777 The front page has a few items concerning the war (see photo). Page 2 has a letter which reports in part "...intelligence that the Generals Howe and Cornwallis had joined at Amboy upon which General Washington had detached General Putnam to fall on the garrison of 3000 men which the English had left at Brunswick who, on the 2nd attack were forced & surrendered...After this first success General Washington sent orders...to join him...he attacked on the 10th of June the Generals Howe and Cornwallis & entirely defeated them..." with more.
And more on this battle reported on the back page as well (see). The bkpg. also has details on operations in Canada, Crown Point, Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga, etc.
Four pages, folio size, never-trimmed margins, red tax stamp on page 3, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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