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- GLC#
- GLC06500.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 27 June 1780
- Author/Creator
- Walker, John, 1744-1809
- Title
- to George Weedon
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Hears that Weedon has been called back into service. Feels the war is going well and expects a favorable outcome. "Let it not be said that Virginia was exceeded by any" other state. The British burned Springfield, then retreated to Elizabethtown. Expects them to attack West Point next, but thinks America will soon "be prepared for them at all points." Wonders "where in the name of Heaven are the Monsieurs (the French) all this time."
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