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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03357 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [083] 1776 |
| Title | A Committee of Congress to Robert Livingston re: request for supplies for Northern Army |
| Date | December 1776 |
| Author | Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) |
| Additional authors | Lee, Richard Henry (1732-1794); Whipple, William (1730-1785) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | A Committee of Congress, including Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and William Whipple (the remaining 2 signatures are illegible due to damage), write to Robert to request "Cannon and Stores" needed by General Schuyler to supply his Northern Army. They have therefore sent Coll. Stuart "who will lay before you a List of such Cannon and Stores as are wanted; which we hope, may be procured on just and equitable Terms, and timely enough to be transported to General Schuyler before the Winter." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Continental Congress Congress Artillery Continental Army Military Supplies |
| People | Lee, Richard Henry (1732-1794) Whipple, William (1730-1785) Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |