Which detail provides evidence to support this idea?
The information in the letter does not sound like
much.
Highlight evidence from the text that supports the idea
that losing a letter would be dangerous for Washington
and the patriots
In the letter he asked for "one of your scrapers as my
teeth stand in need of cleaning." That information may
not sound like much, but a British intelligence officer
would get two valuable bits: the name of a pro-American
dentist and, even better, from the return address on the
letter, the whereabouts of Washington's headquarters.
-George Washington, Spymaster,
Thomas B. Allen
The return address gives Washington's
whereabouts.
o Washington's teeth stand in need of cleaning.