Letter to General Riedesel
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Title
Letter to General Riedesel
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Lossing's Field Book of Revolution
Names
Maclean, Allan (Author)
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1783-02-06
Place: Niagara
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. 1 page. 4o
Abstract
Acknowledges letter of Nov. 10th from Sorel; he is happy to find that the General and his lovely family are well; Capt. Willoe, whom the General recommends, is an old friend; everything is very quiet here and at Detroit.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 4507
Archives EAD ID: 276597
Archives Components ID: 1653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 24f56360-6a36-0139-2773-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to General Riedesel" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1783. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/24f56360-6a36-0139-2773-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1783). Letter to General Riedesel Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/24f56360-6a36-0139-2773-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to General Riedesel" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/24f56360-6a36-0139-2773-0242ac110002
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