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Drury, Luke, fl. 1782 to Jonathan Ward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09049.01 Author/Creator: Drury, Luke, fl. 1782 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 29 October 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Complaint to former commander, now Worcester Co. J.P., Jonathan Ward, about public slander by Joseph Perry. Quotes Perry as saying he was never fit to be a colonel, that he cowardly ran from battle at Bunker Hill, and that he committed adultery with an Indian squaw.

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