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Title
Letter to Gen. Woorster [David Wooster], Rye
Names
Wooster, David, 1711-1777 (Recipient)
Heath, William (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series XIII. The Generals of the American Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Kingstreet, N.Y.
Date Created: 1777-02-08
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Documents
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Citation/reference: EM7736-9213
Physical Description
A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with the address
Description
James Stevenson, a commissioner from Congress, has requested a guard; he is at the house of Daniel Gray in Standford, and has many valuable papers; gives orders for a sergeant and twelve men to be sent there next day; Gen. Washington has directed that after leaving enough men here to cover the foragers, and at Peekskill to secure the passes, the remainder should march to join him in the Jersies; the three regiments of new levies from Connecticut and the New York troops will therefore remain in this quarter; desires Wooster to prevent the spread of small-pox, and harass the enemy; disapproves the sentence of the court-martial on Capt. Thorp; begins his journey next day for Peekskill and Boston; Gen. Lincoln is to march his division into the Jersies, and Wooster's must therefore move further this way.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 278508
Calendar number: EM. 8795
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a867b2e0-0027-0130-e788-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1711: Creator Born
  • 1777: Creator Died
  • 1777: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. Woorster [David Wooster], Rye" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-9494-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. Woorster [David Wooster], Rye" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-9494-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to Gen. Woorster [David Wooster], Rye Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-9494-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Gen. Woorster [David Wooster], Rye