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Title
Letter to Col. [Timothy] Pickering
Names
Duportail, Louis Lebègue (Author)
Pickering, Timothy (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Generals of the American Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1781-06-09
Place: Murderers Creek, N.Y.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Generals
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. 1 page. 12o
Description
Acknowledges information about wagoners; the affair is now in the hands of de Marbois and an officer of the French Army; Col. Gouvion is at West Point.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 9015
Archives EAD ID: 278558
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c355c300-6a38-0139-6c7a-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1781: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Col. [Timothy] Pickering" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1781. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cb39-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Col. [Timothy] Pickering" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 30, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cb39-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1781). Letter to Col. [Timothy] Pickering Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cb39-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Col. [Timothy] Pickering