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Title: Huntington, Jedediah to Jabez Huntington, 1775 December 25; No. 589 Jedediah Huntington to Jabez Huntington
Identifier(s): text:348968
Description: Informs him that Jedediah Huntington cannot go home now "without prejudice to my Regiment" and that the regiment fills up beyond expectations but they need good arms and blankets; informs him that two British deserters from Bunker Hill reported that most of the enemy intend to leave Boston soon, enter New York, and get behind the Americans, and also that peace is being negotiated; informs him that when Col. [Henry] Knox arrives with artillery an attempt may be made to set fire to part of Boston rather than allow it to provide fuel for the enemy, who are pulling down houses to burn; mentions that an article ordered by Dr. [John] Morgan that will be important to the army in the event of a battle has not arrived.
Creator: Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818et al
Subject: Military deserters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Huntington, Jabez, 1719-1786; Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818; Knox, Henry, 1750-1806; Morgan, John, 1735-1789
Date: 1775-12-25; 2022

Title: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council to all concerned, 1779 November 23; No. 2408 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council (Joseph Reed, president) to all concerned
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:629
Description: Permission for Mrs. Mary Cassan and her four children to go into New York City and not return; attested by T[imothy] Matlack, secretary, 10 May 1780; [on verso]: Gen. Jedediah Huntington to the commanding officer at Elizabethtown, [N. J.], 10 May 1780: certification that Mrs. Cassan has permission for an interview with her husband.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785et al; Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Councilet al
Subject: Lived experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History; Cassan, Mary; Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818
Date: 1779-11-23; 2021