Letter, from General Wooster, 1777 March 1

Item — Box: 18, Folder: 1777.03.01

Identifier: A-366.29

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Can't persuade troops to remain at New Rochelle in face of superior forces--troops not enlisting, army weak--few [English] troops left in New York--he holds two men who ran off to British, then came back to help a widow escape to New York.

Dates

Creation: 1777 March 1

Creator

Wooster, David, 1711-1777 (Author, Person)

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