Letter to Samuel Tucker
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Title
Letter to Samuel Tucker
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
Pennsylvania and Delaware
Names
Dickinson, Philemon (Author)
Tucker, Samuel (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1776-04-09
Place: Amboy, N.J.
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. 1 page. Fo
Abstract
Has returned, the night before, from New York; General Putnam's orders are to employ his troops on such fortifications as the engineers think most necessary; he has ordered the three battalions to work on the lines already laid out by the engineers; one of the works is on Staten Island, at Prince's Bay; Mr. Campbell and he will keep a strict account of their expenses, which Congress may make good; they wish no pay but that; asks if he, as commanding officer, should keep a table for the officers during his stay.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 938
Archives EAD ID: 275408
Archives Components ID: 467
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3b544fa0-6a40-0139-a81a-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Samuel Tucker" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1776. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3b544fa0-6a40-0139-a81a-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1776). Letter to Samuel Tucker Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3b544fa0-6a40-0139-a81a-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Samuel Tucker" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3b544fa0-6a40-0139-a81a-0242ac110002
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