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Title
Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Camp above Stilwater [N. Y.]
Names
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 (Addressee)
Herrick, Samuel (Author)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series IX. Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Date Created: 1777-10-06
Place: Bennington
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Citation/reference: EM4262-7302
Physical Description
A.L.S. 1 page. 4o
Description
He has ordered out scouts according to Lincoln's directions; he has just learned that four of his rangers have captured three Hessians within half a mile of Mount Independence; they give intelligence that the party who were routed at Fort Stanwix have arrived at Tyconderoga by way of the Sorrel.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 276575
Calendar number: EM. 4456
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 865af1c0-c532-012f-2733-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1733: Creator Born
  • 1777: Created
  • 1810: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Camp above Stilwater [N. Y.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1777. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bad6720b-478c-a00b-e040-e00a18067aa1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Camp above Stilwater [N. Y.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bad6720b-478c-a00b-e040-e00a18067aa1

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1777). Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Camp above Stilwater [N. Y.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bad6720b-478c-a00b-e040-e00a18067aa1

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Camp above Stilwater [N. Y.]