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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: York Town, Pa.
Date Created: 1777-12-22
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. 2 pp. Fo
Description
Describes his journey to York, was surprised at the size of Reading, and Lancaster thrice larger, a close, regular, well-built town, many of the houses superb and elegant, so like the heart of Philadelphia that he expected to find General Howe in possession; trade going on as brisk as the city, shops full of goods, like a seaport town whose trade was open; extortion and extravagance multiplied many fold beyond New Jersey; here he left his servant sick; Congress has an account of a French vessel arriving at Boston, with 48 brass 4-pounders, 19 brass 9 inch mortars, 2500 shells, 2000 4 1b shot and other specified munitions of war; Lord Cornwallis, [Jacob] Duché and many officers were gone to England; the army had gone into winter quarters at Swede's Ford on both sides of river, in huts of sods; a noble thing to possess patriotism enough to keep warm through a winter's frost; the army would deserve much from those who stayed at home in comfort.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 279928
Calendar number: EM. 20018
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9a31d8d0-c540-012f-57ff-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1777: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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APA Format

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

Wikipedia Citation

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