Substantial autograph letter fragment, signed, to Reuben Shattock [i.e., Shattuck], then serving at the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War.
Barnardston [i.e., Bernardston, Franklin County, Mass.]: Sept. 8th, [1775]. Single leaf, 12.5 x 7.63 inches, approx. 240 words. With the integral address to Reuben Shattock, “Cambredg under Capt. Wells,” Col. Whitcomb’s regiment. A primary text conveying the patriotic sense of Providence in the earliest days of the Revolutionary War in..... More