Letter to Elisha Boudinot, Newark
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Title
Letter to Elisha Boudinot, Newark
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Names
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Author)
Boudinot, Elisha (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1777-09-23
Place: Schuylkill, Pa.
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. Fo
Abstract
Writes in pain and regrets he cannot give a good account of the enemy; their own army has lain still and peaceably permitted 7500 of the enemy to occupy Philadelphia; many are the reasons given but it is all arabic to him; it is true this state [Pennsylvania] needs punishment, for only 4000 men mustered from the whole of it, who as soon as a gun is fired within 1/4 of a mile of them, throw down their arms and run worse than a company of Jerseywomen; one regiment of English would drive 5000 of Pennsylvania's best troops; extortion reigns triumphant.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 20014
Archives EAD ID: 279924
Archives Components ID: 4970
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7bddfb40-6a3d-0139-4825-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Elisha Boudinot, Newark" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1777. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7bddfb40-6a3d-0139-4825-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1777). Letter to Elisha Boudinot, Newark Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7bddfb40-6a3d-0139-4825-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Elisha Boudinot, Newark" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7bddfb40-6a3d-0139-4825-0242ac110002
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