(Almost) Everything Important in 1777—Saratoga, Lafayette, and George Returns General Howe’s Dog

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Deane, Charles. Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne and the Convention of Saratoga One Hundred Years Ago. A Paper Read Before the American Antiquarian Society on the 22nd of October, 1877. Worchester: Charles Hamilton, 1877.  

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Gabriel, Michael P. The Battle of Bennington: Soldiers & Civilians. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012.

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Washington, George. “From George Washington to General William Howe, 6 October 1777.” Founders Online. National Archives. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0432. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 11, 19 August 1777 – 25 October 1777, Philander D. Chase and Edward G. Lengel, editors. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001, p. 410.]

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