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Title
Letter to --
Names
Prince, John (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

Lossing's Field Book of Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1775-12-30
Place: Halifax
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. Endorsed. 4 pp. 4o
Description
Acknowledges letter of Aug. 4th; the friends of government are more dispersed and oppressed than the Jews; the governor here is ignorant and suspicious of every New England man; Johnson was taken at Canso; the same vessels took Mr. Colbeck [Philip Callbeck], acting governor of St-John's Island, Judge Rice, and Higgins; Gen. Washington permitted them to return; captures by privateers; Timothy Pickering appointed Judge of Admiralty; other appointments; public feeling in New England; Timothy Orne mobbed; inactivity of Admiral Graves; all Canada is taken except Quebec; he fears for what little property he was suffered to bring here; news of their friends.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 5090
Archives EAD ID: 276915
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5332ed10-6a38-0139-fe02-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1775: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to --" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1775. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb4ebb8a-0c3a-c85e-e040-e00a18063bc4

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to --" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb4ebb8a-0c3a-c85e-e040-e00a18063bc4

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1775). Letter to -- Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb4ebb8a-0c3a-c85e-e040-e00a18063bc4

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Letter to --