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17 July.

Docno: PJA04d148

Author: JA
Author: Continental Congress, Board of War
Date: 1776-07-17

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[dateline] 17 July.

The congress resolved that Washington had acted with dignity in refusing to receive an improperly addressed letter from Lord Howe and resolved further that no American commander should receive a letter from the enemy that failed to use his official rank in the address ( JCC , 5:567).
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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