“People here are fearful of the inhabitants betraying them.” On the 24th he was able to secure someone to take the risks and he got him across the river into New Jersey. Dickinson told Washington he was going to increase the amount he was offering to $15 or $20 for someone to go as a spy to Trenton and return. A slave from Trenton told of boats being built a mile from town. “People here are fearful of the inhabitants betraying them.”ĭickinson, advised General George Washington on the 21st of the information he was able to collect from two people who had come out of New Jersey on what was going on in New Brunswick, and from a person from Crosswicks regarding boats at Lewis’s Mill. Again he was encouraging Cadwalader to get intelligence of the enemy’s intentions. Three days later Washington was still desperate for information. All promises he made or monies advanced would be acknowledged and paid. “He also advised Brigadier General Philemon Dickinson to spare no pains or expense to obtain intelligence. Whatever sums you pay to obtain this end I will cheerfully refund. He had also told General James Ewing, “Spare no pains nor cost to gain information of the enemy’s movements and designs. Spare no pains or expense to get intelligence of the enemy’s intentions, Washington told Cadwalader. General George Washington in December of 1776 was desperate to know what the British were doing. American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Philemon Dickinson.
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