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Greenleaf, Benjamin, 1732-1799 to Committee of Intelligence at Portsmouth, NH; re: false alarms of troops

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07191 Author/Creator: Greenleaf, Benjamin, 1732-1799 Place Written: Newburyport Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1775/04/29 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Warning of false reports of British troops arriving in Massachusetts. "I am sensible of the evil consequences of false alarms at such a time as the present is, & have been much pain'd on hearing of the distress, the people of your town & province were lately thrown into by one."

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