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Cotton, Theophilus, fl. 1767-1777 to Joseph Spencer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.63.02 Author/Creator: Cotton, Theophilus, fl. 1767-1777 Place Written: Camp at Tiverton, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 26, 1777 Pagination: 2 p. ; docket; 21 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

Reports to Major General Joseph Spencer that some boatmen refused to obey orders in a "mutinous manner". Cotton asks that Spencer try the men because the crime is of too high a nature for him to try them himself. The men's names are included in the letter. The verso of the letter contains instructions on how returns should be made.

Cotton, Theophilus, fl. 1767-1777
Spencer, Joseph, 1714-1789
Damnan, Jonah, fl. 1777
Man, Nathan, fl. 1777
Croker, Jabeth, fl. 1777
Gilbert, Elijah, fl. 1777
Litchfield, John, fl. 1777
Litchfield, Caleb, fl. 1777
Cook, Robert, fl. 1777
Litchfield, Eleazer, fl. 1777
Hyland, William, fl. 1777
Brown, John, fl. 1777
Hayden, William, fl. 1777

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