Beckwith, George, 1753-1823 [British spy report]

GLC05224.01

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Type
Documents
Date
September 5, 1781
Author/Creator
Beckwith, George, 1753-1823
Title
[British spy report]
Place Written
New York
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

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 service. Relays that Knox reported that General George Washington is below Philadelphia and the troops with him are the Jersey Brigade of about 600 or 700, the Congress Regiment, a detachment of light infantry formed from York troops, and the French troops. Knox also reported that the New England troops are at the Hudson Highlands under General William Heath. George Knox was probably a planted informer and possibly a ruse since Washington was heading towards Virginia.

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