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Title
Letter to Commodore W[illiam] Bainbridge, Boston
Names
Bainbridge, William (Addressee)
Murray, Alexander (Author)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series IX. Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date Created: 1812-08-25
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Documents
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Citation/reference: EM4262-7302
Physical Description
A. L. S. 3 pp. 8o
Description
Congratulates him on being at home again, where he may expect to remain, as nothing can be gained in the war; feels for poor Rodgers, and wishes he was safe in port with many prizes; fears the disparity in force is too great, and wishes it was a war with France which is not so strong as England; his trip to the wilderness was a fruitless one, as he found neither contractor nor guns to prove; thinks those cast in Jersey were proved five years ago; Lieut. Cassin has sent 18 seamen down; promises a good crew; was about to go to Cape May to arrange for it; the ship Superior from Liverpool with a cargo of £25,000 is detained, but the Collector of Delaware claims her, and has taken the papers from Captain Murray's officer; Mr. Dallas will give a written opinion; had given a verbal one in his favor as acting under the Revenue Law; fears the Collector may be favored, if so he will make a fortune as several other ships following the Superior may be captured.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 277956
Calendar number: EM. 7072
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1393f120-0026-0130-9869-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1812: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Commodore W[illiam] Bainbridge, Boston" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-90cf-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Commodore W[illiam] Bainbridge, Boston" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-90cf-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to Commodore W[illiam] Bainbridge, Boston Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdb8127-90cf-9816-e040-e00a18060b50

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Commodore W[illiam] Bainbridge, Boston