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- GLC#
- GLC03107.03329-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1775/08/26
- Author/Creator
- Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790
- Title
- to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: canons fired at New York City
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1p. : docket : Height: 18.7 cm, Width: 17.1 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Robert Cambridge states that canon balls carrying grape shot were fired into New York a few days ago, and caused more panic than actual damage. Consequently, many people have left the city for fear of a second attack.
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