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Sir,
 
Sir,
 
  I had the Honor to write you on the 1st Inst. &
 
  I had the Honor to write you on the 1st Inst. &
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also last evening by Doctor Hammill, after whom
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I send this Letter express to advise you That I
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have a few minutes since rcd Information from
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Lt. Hartshorn, who I have been obliged to have in
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Command at Fort Hamilton--That the Enemy
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about two hours before sun set yesterday, had made
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three men prisoners from a covering party within
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400 yards of the Garrison--That He immediate-
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ly detached a reconnoitering party of thirty men
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under Lieut. Gaines, who soon made such disco=
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veries of the Enemies force, as obliged Him to de=
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cline a pursuit, and that a few minutes after
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Mr. Gaines' return, the Enemy discharged twenty one
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Rifle shots--in different directions around the Gar=
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rison &c. within one mile of it--Why I have been
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obliged to leave Fort Hamilton under the Com-
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mand of a Subaltern, my letters to the Commander
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in Chief of which I transmitted you Copies, on the
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1st Inst will fully explain--I will however
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resume the Command in person, Tomorrow, and
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in the mean time, as I calculate that Major
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Adair with the Kentucky volunteers, and the Convoy
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of pack Horses, will be on the March from Fort Jeffer-
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son Tomorrow I have dispatched Serjt. Bricks to be
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the [?] Memorandum (of which the enclosed is a Copy) to Lt.
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Hartshorn before daylight--Mr. Gaines will be direct=
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ed to meet me, on this path which I made in my
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Route to La Anguilles [?] last season --for as my Escort
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will consist of ten men only--I dare not in prudence
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move upon the main Road--At this moment I
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feel the difficulty of my situation very sensibly, and
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have