Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot [Baskinridge, N. J.]
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Title
Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot [Baskinridge, N. J.]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Names
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Author)
Boudinot, Mrs. Elias (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1777-11-13
Place: Camp White Marsh, 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. 2 pp. Fo
Abstract
Weather very bad; describes his ride to camp; found matters as before, outposts sending in a few prisoners daily; enemy have drawn their lines closely to the city; a heavy cannonade then in progress; our men had fired on a provision boat in the ditches, killing 9 out of 14; the legislature [of Pennsylvania] had made it death to carry provision into the city [Philadelphia]: reported that unless successful next week, the British would move off; a gentleman from St. Croix reports a letter from Bristol [England] as to French vessels fitted as American privateers having captured 52 West Indiamen in the Channel; restitution was refused by France and Lord Stormont had been recalled; a secret expedition was just starting; as to price of shoes for troops and domestic details.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 20016
Archives EAD ID: 279926
Archives Components ID: 4972
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7f815f00-6a3d-0139-9594-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot [Baskinridge, N. J.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1777. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f815f00-6a3d-0139-9594-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1777). Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot [Baskinridge, N. J.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f815f00-6a3d-0139-9594-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot [Baskinridge, N. J.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f815f00-6a3d-0139-9594-0242ac110002
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