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- GLC#
- GLC05223
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 24 July 1781
- Author/Creator
- Beckwith, George, 1753-1823
- Title
- to Henry Clinton
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Spy's report, titled, "Copy of a letter from a Gentleman in Phila. to Capt. Beckwith." The report points out that he might not be able to gain information about General George Washington's Army. Notes that Washington's correspondence with Congress now goes by express rather than post and cannot be intercepted. Also provides naval intelligence of merchant vessels leaving Philadelphia.
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