Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln [New Jersey]
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Title
Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln [New Jersey]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Lossing's Field Book of Revolution
Names
Craft, Thomas (Author)
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1777-06-16
Place: Boston, Mass.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 8o
Abstract
Acknowledges letter of the 31st ult., with a sketch of the encampment; prizes have been captured by Commodore [John] Manly, Capt. Daniel McNeil, Oakes, and Clouston; two vessels have arrived from Bilboa, loaded with salt; dispute in the Court as to the freeing of the Africans; the matter referred to Congress; Parson Bacon is one the first speakers in the house; the Court are about considering a constitution; they are no great politicians, but he hopes they will blunder right; one White and Parson Clarke of Dedham, are sentenced to banishment; Popkins [John Popkin] has got a majority in Greaton's regiment.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 5001
Archives EAD ID: 276873
Archives Components ID: 1929
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0299bda0-6a38-0139-d6e4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln [New Jersey]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1777. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0299bda0-6a38-0139-d6e4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1777). Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln [New Jersey] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0299bda0-6a38-0139-d6e4-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln [New Jersey]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0299bda0-6a38-0139-d6e4-0242ac110002
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