This document, in the writing of Washington, is also indorsed by him as here titled. Jameson with the light Horse now on the other side Schuylkill to guard the Avenues to the City, and even to form a Chain across from Kensington to Schuylkill; and stop, and secure every Person going in, and coming out. obtaing. from them all the Intelligence he can. A Small Party of Horse under a careful Officer to waylay the road from the Middle and upper Ferry, and do the same. A Party of foot at each ford from Sweedes to the Falls, for the same purpose. Lord Stirlings division, with Morgans Corp, and the Detachments from the Line together with Potters Militia to keep up the appearance of an Attack upon the Enemys left, and to harrass the Enemy as much as possible; to give, in short, every opposition, to afford time for the Baggage &ca. to be removed from our present Camp. if that Camp cannot be defended. Half the Horse at present on the West side of Schuylkill. to Patrol near the Enemy's Lines, and Stop deserters and others from going to them, with Intelligence. and give informn. to me of the Enemy's Mvs. The other half to follow in the Rear of the Army, and watch all the Fords from Sweedes downwards on the East side; to see if the Enemy approaches to either. A Spirited and enterprizing (Captn.) with three good Subs, 4 Sergeants and 60 Rank and File from each Brigade, with a good guide, to March in Front under the direction of a Colo., L. Colo. and Major and to possess themselves by surprize of the Redoubts; immediately, upon the doing of which, to form a Chain of Centrys from the one to the other to prevent any Person from going out, and to defend them to the last extremity against the Enemy. The Right Wing of the Army (under Genl. Sullivan) is, immediately upon their passing the Enemys Lines to hasten towards the four Ferries, and possess themselves of the Bridges; cut them loose from the West Shore; and defend the Passes till further orders. and, as this is a Work which depends more upon secrecy and dispatch than Numbers, no time should be lost in the execution. Genl. Woodfords Brigade to furnish one Regiment for the Security of the upper Ferry (just within the Enemys Lines) and to possess themselves of the Redoubts (at all events) which defend the bridge at the middle Ferry which is to be cut away from the West side as before described. Genl. Scotts Brigade is to do the same at Greys Ferry, and Genl. Waynes division the like at the lower Ferry of all over to Provence Island. Genl. Poors Brigade is to join the Reserve form on the Right of it, at the place, and in the manner hereafter described. The text is from a typed copy kindly

Many thanks for all the work you've done to share this info. Joanne George Patrick <gpatrick@austin.rr.com> wrote: This document, in the writing of Washington, is also indorsed by him as here titled. Jameson with the light Horse now on the other side Schuylkill to guard the Avenues to the City, and even to form a Chain across from Kensington to Schuylkill; and stop, and secure every Person going in, and coming out. obtaing. from them all the Intelligence he can. A Small Party of Horse under a careful Officer to waylay the road from the Middle and upper Ferry, and do the same. A Party of foot at each ford from Sweedes to the Falls, for the same purpose. Lord Stirlings division, with Morgans Corp, and the Detachments from the Line together with Potters Militia to keep up the appearance of an Attack upon the Enemys left, and to harrass the Enemy as much as possible; to give, in short, every opposition, to afford time for the Baggage &ca. to be removed from our present Camp. if that Camp cannot be defended. Half the Horse at present on the West side of Schuylkill. to Patrol near the Enemy's Lines, and Stop deserters and others from going to them, with Intelligence. and give informn. to me of the Enemy's Mvs. The other half to follow in the Rear of the Army, and watch all the Fords from Sweedes downwards on the East side; to see if the Enemy approaches to either. A Spirited and enterprizing (Captn.) with three good Subs, 4 Sergeants and 60 Rank and File from each Brigade, with a good guide, to March in Front under the direction of a Colo., L. Colo. and Major and to possess themselves by surprize of the Redoubts; immediately, upon the doing of which, to form a Chain of Centrys from the one to the other to prevent any Person from going out, and to defend them to the last extremity against the Enemy. The Right Wing of the Army (under Genl. Sullivan) is, immediately upon their passing the Enemys Lines to hasten towards the four Ferries, and possess themselves of the Bridges; cut them loose from the West Shore; and defend the Passes till further orders. and, as this is a Work which depends more upon secrecy and dispatch than Numbers, no time should be lost in the execution. Genl. Woodfords Brigade to furnish one Regiment for the Security of the upper Ferry (just within the Enemys Lines) and to possess themselves of the Redoubts (at all events) which defend the bridge at the middle Ferry which is to be cut away from the West side as before described. Genl. Scotts Brigade is to do the same at Greys Ferry, and Genl. Waynes division the like at the lower Ferry of all over to Provence Island. Genl. Poors Brigade is to join the Reserve form on the Right of it, at the place, and in the manner hereafter described. The text is from a typed copy kindly List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com