Sears, Isaac to Roger Sherman, Eliphalet Dyer, and Silas Deane, 1775 November 28
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Sears, Isaac to Roger Sherman, Eliphalet Dyer, and Silas Deane, 1775 November 28 | ||
| Alternative Title | No. 1254 Isaac Sears to Roger Sherman, Eliphalet Dyer, and Silas Deane | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Sears, Isaac, 1730-1786 | ||
| Recipient | Deane, Silas, 1737-1789 | ||
| Recipient | Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793 | ||
| Recipient | Dyer, Eliphalet, 1721-1807 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Informs them about an expedition Sears led from Connecticut to disarm Tories in New York and "to deprive that Traitor to his Country James Rivington of the means of circulating [poisen] in print,. . . which we . . . effected by taking away his Type"; complains about the numerous Tories in New York and on Long Island and suggests ways of suppressing them; informs them that the tea-sellers in New York have begun to sell their tea but that Sears has not; expresses surprise that the command of vessels fitting out in Philadelphia was given to Capt. [Esek] Hopkins "for I judged that department was for me." | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | American loyalists | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | New Haven (Conn.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | New York | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Rivington, James, 1724-1802 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Hopkins, Esek, 1718-1802 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 4p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1775-11-28 | ||
| Date Captured | 2021 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F343 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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