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Goodwin, Nathaniel, 1748-1819 [Diary kept in "Bickerstaff's New-England Almanack"]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.629 Author/Creator: Goodwin, Nathaniel, 1748-1819 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 1778 Pagination: 29 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

Goodwin, a Major in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, writes "while at Boston" across the title page of the almanac. Includes entries from other locations. Contains 22 pages of printed text, 7 pages of handwritten text. Relates traveling to Bedford and Salem. Mentions the Lucy, possibly a ship. Discusses the weather and a French naval fleet. Writes that Major General Horatio Gates assumed command of the Eastern Department (November 1778). In December, states that his entire detachment was discharged from duty based on Gates's orders. Bickerstaff's New England Almanack was published in Norwich, Connecticut by J. Trumbull. Accompanied by a biographical note on Goodwin by E. S. Phelps.

Goodwin, Nathaniel, 1748-1819
Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806
Gerrish, Jacob, 1739-1817

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