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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00260-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 28, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782
- Title
- to George Washington
- Place Written
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
On behalf of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, Governor Cooke requests artillery pieces for the defense of the colony, as well as the return of artillery lent to the Continental Army in Cambridge for the seige of Boston. The British evacuated Boston on 17 March 1776. "On public service" written on address leaf.
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