Collateral Correspondence relative to the Troops of the Convention

GLC04764.44

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GLC#
GLC04764.44-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
4 January 1778-23 March 1778
Title
Collateral Correspondence relative to the Troops of the Convention
Place Written
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

List of 15 letters, mostly to or from General John Burgoyne, sent and received involving the Convention Army, which consisted of captured British soldiers after the Battle of Saratoga. First two deal with Continental Congress's refusal to change embarkation port from Boston and others deal with matters of money, provisions, and transport from Boston. Was written near Cambridge, Massachusetts

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