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Stanley, Daniel (fl. 1775) to Jabez Ellis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.436.02 Author/Creator: Stanley, Daniel (fl. 1775) Place Written: Attleborough, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 April 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 31 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Says he has sent food gathered from townspeople to support Ellis' troops. "Don't give up the cause but go on and the Lord be with you," he prays for the troops.

Jabez Ellis was a captain of an company of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775.

Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808
Stanley, Daniel, fl. 1775

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