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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Waterbury, Silvanus. Letter describing privations on the Hudson just before the Declaration of Independence. Autograph Letter Signed to Commissary General Joseph Trumbull. 2 pages on one folio sheet, plus integral address leaf; partial closed separation along one fold, minor foxing. (MRS) Fort Constitution, NY, 22 June 1776
Waterbury describes the shortage of provisions and difficult conditions at Fort Constitution, a half-completed, half-abandoned fort in Garrison, NY facing West Point. He requests carpenters to build storage facilities, and a boat to bring provisions from Fort Montgomery. He notes that Colonel Champlin recently brought cattle, adding that "I do not think I could get one in thirty miles round, it is the most misserable place round hear that ever I saw in my life." Provenance: American Book Auctions, 20 November 1964, lot 46, to the consignor.
