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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03422-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 24- January 25, 1787
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
- Title
- to James Bowdoin
- Place Written
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Marked "copy" on docket. Describes in some detail the confrontations between his troops and the insurgents in Massachusetts, led by Daniel Shays. Reports that General [William] Shepard, who is also leading troops, is in a precarious position which it seems likely Shays's troops will attack. Describes how Generals [John] Brooks and [John] Paterson [Lincoln spells it "Patterson"] should position their troops to help stave off the attack. Asks Governor Bowdoin to forward this letter to General Brooks "the moment It comes to hand - no Time I think should be lost."
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