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To His Excellency Genl. Washington that Major Andrew Adjut. General to the British Army, Ought to be considered as a spy from the Enemy, and that agreable [agreeable] to the Law and Usage of Nations, & their Opinion he Ought to Suffer Death
The Commander in Chief Directs the Execution of the above Sentence In the usual Way, this afternoon at Five O,Clock precisely.
At a Division General Court Martial the 11th of Septr. last, Lt. Colo. Comdt. Sherman President Major Albert Chapman was tried upon the following Charges.
For embezzling publick property and Endeavouring to Induce the Qr. Mstr. of the Regt. to Abet Him in