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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00488-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 November 1776
- Author/Creator
- Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Fort Lee, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Dated November 1776; date of 17 November inferred from content. Reports that Fort Washington has been captured by the British, and that the Americans have "lost" between 2,000 to 3,000 soldiers. The American generals, including Washington, Palmer, Mercer and Greene, had been discussing abandoning the Fort when the British troops arrived and attacked. Describes the British attack on the fort, and the American retreat. Thinks the British may have taken a number of casualties, but bemoans the loss of the fort as a "terrible event its consequences are justly to be dreaded," and asks Knox for support as a friend.
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