Lot 178
1777 (Feb. 23) Princeton N.J. to Cranbury N.J., datelined folded letter from Major General Israel Putnam, commander at Princeton to Colonel John Neilson at Cranbury providing intelligence and orders, military pass endorsement "Permit James Mount to pass to Cranbury…A Burr" signed by Major Aaron Burr, Putnam's aide-de-camp, Fine.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Written six weeks after the battle, intelligence was being sent to Cranbury, a forward outpost of Princeton.
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