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Ne C 2344 : Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to H.F.C. Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; 13 Oct. n.y. [1777]
after guarding the post I had taken,
& others on my communication with New
York) to penetrate to Albany, which
with 7000 men he had not been able to
effect; & not only to penetrate, but to
keep; & that I should give him orders how
to act. My answer by the same Messenger
was as follows: "Not having received
any instructions from Sir W. Howe, rela
tive to the operations of the Northern army,
ignorant of the General's intentions re
specting it (except his wish that it should
get to Albany) I could not presume to
give orders; but if, in consequence of my
unexpected success, as the river was now
open between us, he should have decided
to attack the Rebel army, & could get to
