Moylan, Stephen to William Bartlett, 1775 December 10
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Moylan, Stephen to William Bartlett, 1775 December 10 | ||
| Alternative Title | No. 984 Stephen Moylan to William Bartlett | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| creator | Moylan, Stephen, 1737-1811 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Gives instructions for the treatment of prisoners who were captured aboard prize vessels and comments that ordinarily a captain who threw overboard his papers after being captured would suffer death, "but we must show him. . . that Americans are humane as well as brave"; instructs him to sell perishable articles in a prize cargo and deliver others for the use of [George Washington], whose wife [Martha] will arrive shortly; transmits Washington's order that no unauthorized persons be allowed aboard the prizes. | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Prize law | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Cambridge (Mass.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 3p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1775-12-10 | ||
| Date Captured | 2023 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F327 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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