Letter to Lord Stirling
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Title
Letter to Lord Stirling
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Generals of the American Revolution
Names
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Author)
Stirling, Lord (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1779-06-03
Place: Bound Brook, N.J.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Subjects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Generals
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o
Abstract
He made this day a report on the state of the Virginia division under Stirling's command; the want of officers cannot but have a hurtful tendency; he proposed to the commander in chief to recall a proportionable number of those who have remained in Virginia; there are several regiments without field officers, and many companies commanded by sergeants; the General directed that Stirling should consult with Gens. Woodford and Mühlenberg as to remedying this; sends an account of the formation of the division for the present campaign.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 8958
Archives EAD ID: 278547
Archives Components ID: 3599
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b3fbbab0-6a38-0139-10aa-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Lord Stirling" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1779. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3fbbab0-6a38-0139-10aa-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1779). Letter to Lord Stirling Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3fbbab0-6a38-0139-10aa-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Lord Stirling" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3fbbab0-6a38-0139-10aa-0242ac110002
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