McArthur, Alexander, fl. 1778 to Elias Boudinot

GLC01450.088

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GLC#
GLC01450.088-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
May 7, 1778
Author/Creator
McArthur, Alexander, fl. 1778
Title
to Elias Boudinot
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : address ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Letter addressed to Boudinot as Commissary General of Prisoners. Requests to be exchanged as a prisoner of war because he was wounded at Fort Montgomery and is not well. He asks to be paroled or exchanged to go to Dutchess County so he may heal. He informs Boudinot that his rank is Second Lieutenant in Captain James Stewart's company, Colonel Lewis DuBois's Regiment, fifth regiment of the state of New York.

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