<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/7hmg-m961</dc:identifier><dc:title>[Document, 1779 March 28]</dc:title><dc:creator>Washington, George, 1732-1799</dc:creator><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>Transmits two of Rivington's papers. Although these newspaper accounts are highly colored, there is no doubt that the Americans suffered greatly in the action of 4 March at Briar Creek Georgia. Since 26 March, Washington has had no further information about Sir Henry Clinton and the movement of enemy vessels on the sound. Enclosures: 24 March 1779, The Royalist Gazette; 25 March 1779, The Royalist Gazette. Fitzpatrick, Washington XIV, 302.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>