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Lake, Laban, 1750-1832 to Patience Lake

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.63.06 Author/Creator: Lake, Laban, 1750-1832 Place Written: Roxbury, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 19, 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 33 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Reports that he is doing well and hopes that she is too. Gives an account of firing of cannons from the fort which escalated to fighting. Part of the address is lost, but the first name appears to be Patience, the name of Lake's wife.

Lake, Laban, fl. 1765-1778
Lake, Patience Goff, 1753-1835
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Revolutionary War
Military History
Battle
Artillery
Fortification
The War for Independence

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