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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00257-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 26, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Read, Joseph, 1732-?
- Title
- to Artemas Ward
- Place Written
- Dorchester, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1p. : address : Height: 15.9 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Gives a military report provided by Thomas Mayfield. Describes ship activities in Boston Harbor, mentioning workers and loading occurring at "the Castle," in reference to the military garrison on Castle Island in the harbor. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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