Collateral Correspondence relative to the Troops of the Convention
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04764.44 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document Date: 4 January 1778-23 March 1778 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy
List of 15 letters, mostly to or from General John Burgoyne, sent and received involving the Convention Army, which consisted of captured British soldiers after the Battle of Saratoga. First two deal with Continental Congress's refusal to change embarkation port from Boston and others deal with matters of money, provisions, and transport from Boston. Was written near Cambridge, Massachusetts
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