Monday, June 20, 2011

This Day in History: June 20

Townsend had a good reason to be in Manhattan, and was readily able to provide Washington with good naval intelligence because of his job as a mercantile clerk. Townsend and Woodhull distinguished their dispatches by adding the phrase "Senior" and "Junior" to their dispatches. Townsend began sending reports on June 20, 1779. [More]

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