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Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia
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An anonymous foreigner addressed a secret communication to Congress on the 17th ult., warning of invasion threats from France and Spain led by Bonaparte, presence of spies, and recommending General Moreau to lead U.S. defenses with other French officers.
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"That the U. States were in great danger from France and Spain, that Bonaparte would invade us as soon as he was at liberty in Europe, that he kept many spies in the country, some of which the writer was acquainted with. The writer urged the necessity of providing speedily for the effectual defence of the United States, and recommended, that, as we have no generals of our own, Moreau should be placed at the head of an army. He stated that many French officers were disgusted with the emperor, and would willingly engage in our service. The writer promised that his next communication should be from Bordeaux."
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Seventeenth Ult.
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Anonymous communication to Congress warning of great danger from France and Spain, Bonaparte's planned invasion upon European liberty, spies in the country, urging speedy defense provisions, recommending Moreau as army head due to lack of U.S. generals, noting disgusted French officers willing to serve, promising next communication from Bordeaux.