Beckwith, George, 1753-1823 Two British spy reports [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Collection Details

GLC#: GLC05224
Type: Header Record
Date: September 1781
Author/Creator: Beckwith, George, 1753-1823
Title: Two British spy reports [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written: New York, New York
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: American Revolution, 1763-1783

Sub-Era: The War for Independence

Subjects

Revolutionary War

Military History

Spying

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Collection Item

Manuscript document

[British spy report]

5 September 1781

Beckwith, George, 1753-1823

Reports on George Knox "formerly a Capt. in the Continental Army" who had resigned his commission in April 1780 and resumed farming in Newark. Informs that Knox turned himself over to loyalist refugees at Bergen and sought to join the British...

GLC05224.01

Collection Item

Autograph document signed

[British spy report]

10 September 1781

Beckwith, George, 1753-1823

Reports on intelligence given by Jesse Sturges, "Washington's army passed that place on his march to Virginia, in order to form a Junction with the French." Informs that Washington has 5000 French and 2000 Continental troops. States that any boat...

GLC05224.02

Beckwith, George, 1753-1823 Two British spy reports [Decimalized .01-.02]

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