Morris, Lewis (1726-1798) to Gouverneur Morris
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08174 Author/Creator: Morris, Lewis (1726-1798) Place Written: White Plains, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 August 1778 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. + docket Order a Copy
Letter to his half brother praising the commissary general of supplies of the army, Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, and asking him to support Wadsworth against his opposers in Congress. Remarks that accounts have reported that the British have "made almost every lady in the place of easy virtue" in Philadelphia. Expects to hear of a strike at Rhode Island any day and that General John Sullivan will have an army of 10,000 besides the forces of the French Admiral (Marquis de Lafayette). Written shortly after British forces evacuated Philadelphia in June 1778 and during the Newport Rhode Island operation 29 July - 31 August 1778. Morris was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served on the 2nd Continental Congress from New York 1775-77 and as a brigadier general in the New York militia.
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