Letter to Gen. Riedesel
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Title
Letter to Gen. Riedesel
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Lossing's Field Book of Revolution
Names
Stirling, Sir Thomas, Bart (Author)
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1780-05-16
Place: Staten Island, N.Y.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
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 relative to the men belonging to the Brunswick and Hesse Hanau troops, in Capt. Diemar's corps; Capt. Diemar, having had previous notice, had already taken steps for sending these men to New York; care will be taken to keep them together until delivered to Capt. Schagenteuffel; four Hesse Hanau soldiers came in the day before from the rebel side.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 5806
Archives EAD ID: 277282
Archives Components ID: 2338
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ab132f70-6a3a-0139-1603-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. Riedesel" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab132f70-6a3a-0139-1603-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1780). Letter to Gen. Riedesel Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab132f70-6a3a-0139-1603-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. Riedesel" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab132f70-6a3a-0139-1603-0242ac110002
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