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Title
Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot, Baskin-ridge [N. J.]
Names
Boudinot, Mrs. Elias (Recipient)
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series XXVIII. Miscellaneous Manuscripts

B

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Princeton, N.J.
Date Created: 1778-06-30
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Documents
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Physical Description
A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo
Description
Sends a detailed account of the late glorious battle at Freehold [June 28]; the American army lay at English town, two miles from Mr. Tennant's meeting house; Lee came up with the British at old Mr. Wykoff's; details of the retreat of Lee, and Washington's retrieval of the victory; the heat so great as to prevent pursuit and to kill many, one man said he would have given 30 dollars for a drink of water; enemy's loss at least 200 dead; our loss 50 privates, but many officers, including Col. Barber; enemy had retreated to Middletown; our worthy General [Washington] could not be kept from danger, at one time being within 50 yards of the enemy; Congress sits that day at Philadelphia.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 279930
Calendar number: EM. 20020
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e5a7f6f0-002d-0130-3bd7-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1778: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot, Baskin-ridge [N. J.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/be97b4b1-68e2-725d-e040-e00a1806751a

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot, Baskin-ridge [N. J.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/be97b4b1-68e2-725d-e040-e00a1806751a

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Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot, Baskin-ridge [N. J.]