- GLC#
- GLC06997.038-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 13, 1813
- Author/Creator
- Van de Vinter, Christopher, fl. 1813
- Title
- to James Winchester
- Place Written
- Quebec, Canada
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 16 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Appeals for funds on behalf of the non-commissioned officers. Also asks for news, since "a 'death like silence' reigns here." Sends respects to Winchester's fellow officers, concluding, "I quiet the rising perturbations of youth when I place before me the stoicism of your noble examples…. 'quem fors dierum cunque dabit, […]uero appone! - Hor[ace]-' " Written at Quebec Prison, Quebec, Canada.
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