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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00441-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 6, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Callender, Eliezer, 1709-1790
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 17.9 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
He has heard that his son, John Callender, was either killed or wounded and taken prisoner in the Battle of Long Island. If a prisoner, [which he was], Eliezer seeks Knox's aid in getting his son released. John Callender was later exchanged and George Washington reversed his court-martial for cowardice at Bunker Hill in light of his valor at Long Island. He was captured while serving as a volunteer in Knox's artillery regiment.
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