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Letter Written by George Washington to General Israel Putnam, September 23, 1777
George Washington led the Continental Army as commander-in-chief during the American Revolutionary War. Troops under his direct command were defending Philadelphia - then the nation's capital - when Washington wrote this letter requesting aid "without a moments loss of time" from fellow Major General Israel Putnam. Just three days later, September 26, 1977, the British would take the capital city. |