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Danforth, Thomas, fl. 1689 to Charles Frost

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05580 Author/Creator: Danforth, Thomas, fl. 1689 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 February 1689 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Writing to Major Charles Frost in Kittery, Maine, at the beginning of King William's War (1689-1697), Provincial Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Danforth orders him to go to Boston and gather troops: "You shall in all places and by all ways & means to your power take, kill, & destroy ye enemy without limitation of place or time as you shall have opportunity." Mentioned is Lt. Simon Willard (1605-1676). In the margin is a recommendation to Frost of a "Lt. Andrews". It is not known if the date on the piece is old style or new style. Docket reads: "To Maj. Charles Frost in [illegible] In Kittney Lt Andrews. Frost was killed in an Indian ambush in York, Maine, in 1697.

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