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Title
Letter to the committee of Schenectady
Names
Caughnawaga (N.Y.). Committee of Safety (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

Lossing's Field Book of Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1777-08-08
Place: Caughnawaga, N.Y.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S., Adam Fonda Committee man in behalf of the whole. 2 pp. Fo
Description
A battle was fought on the 5th, from nine o'clock to three in the afternoon, half-way between Oriska and Fort Shuyler; a letter from Gen. Harkemer directs them to send all the forces they can to his assistance, as the greater part of those already sent are cut off; they ask the Schenectady committee to send what force they can immediately, and to forward the same directions to the committee in Albany; Fort Schuyler is still attacked; a list of the killed and wounded, as far as known, is annexed.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 4611
Archives EAD ID: 276650
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8779fdf0-6a36-0139-7f79-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1777: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1777). Letter to the committee of Schenectady Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb266ec4-a649-320d-e040-e00a180616a6

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Letter to the committee of Schenectady