A CATALOGUE
of
REVOLUTIONARY ARTICLES
in
THE POUGHKEEPSIE MUSEUM.
The following are among the Collection of Curiosities in the Museum at Poughkeepsie:—
original manuscripts.
Letter of Washington to Governor Clinton, acquainting him of a design of the British to seize his person while residing at Poughkeepsie, and convey him to New York. Dated at Dobbs's Ferry, 1780.
Letter of Washington to Brigadier-General Whiten on the subject of the removal of the troops from Trenton to Philadelphia. Dated Plumpton Plains, New Jersey, 1777.
Letter of Washington on the subject of promotions in the army. Dated 1779.
Note of invitation from Washington to Dr. John Thomas to dinner. Dr. Thomas was surgeon of the Massachusetts line. Dated headquarters, Newburgh, 1780.
Soldiers' discharge, signed by Washington, 1782.
Letter of the Marquis de Lafayette on the subject of fortifying the North river. Written to Governor Clinton in 1778.
Letter of the Baron Steuben to Governor Clinton on the good appearance of the New York line of the army. Dated New Windsor, 1780.