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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.020.14 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of 20 letters pertaining to James Lovell and Samuel Holten |
Title | James Lovell to Samuel Holten on the failure of the states to contribute to the common cause [incomplete] |
Date | 8 May 1781 |
Author | Lovell, James (1737-1814) |
Recipient | Holten, Samuel |
Document Type | Correspondence; Government document; Military document |
Content Description | Author inferred due to content and handwriting. Recipient inferred from content and from comparison to other items in the 1450.020 collection. Praises Massachusetts but laments the failure of the states to contribute to the common cause. States that foreign troops are garrisoning West Point because they can feed themselves and are paid. Reports that the Quarter Master had to sell some provisions in order to ship others to a skeleton of an army in need of food and supplies. Writes extensively about the dismal financial state, inflation, and depreciation of the currency. Complains that the other 12 states are not doing enough to help the situation. "The old continental is dying by yards and inches." |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Finance Economics France West Point (US Military Academy) Military Provisions Soldier's Pay Global History and Civics Military Supplies Coins and Currency Diet and Nutrition |
People | Lovell, James (1737-1814) Holten, Samuel (1738-1816) |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Lovell and Holten were Continental Congressmen from Massachusetts. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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