Tucker, Samuel, 1747-1833 to Elias Dayton

GLC02500.11

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GLC#
GLC02500.11-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
4 May 1776
Author/Creator
Tucker, Samuel, 1747-1833
Title
to Elias Dayton
Place Written
Trenton, New Jersey
Pagination
1 p. : address : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 16.5 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Written by Captain Tucker to Colonel Dayton. References Dayton's letter of 23 April 1776. Says he will lay his recommendations for promotions before the New Jersey Committee of Safety. Says he mentioned Captains Dickinson, Potter, and Bloomfield in his last letter and he hopes that Dayton has heard of the decision made by the committee respecting them. Heard that Dayton's men needed arms and that he could get them with money. Sends along 288 dollars to assist him.

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