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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01412.30 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
Title | Meshech Weare to the keeper of the goal in the county of Hillsborough instructing what to do with prisoners |
Date | 22 November 1776 |
Author | Weare, Meshech (1713-1786) |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Weare signs as Chairman of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety. Prisoner transfer document to the keeper of the jail in Hillsborough County. Includes names of Tory prisoners from New York who were "violently disaffected with the Measures pursuing by the American States" that are being moved to New Hampshire. Also includes instructions to the keeper on what to do with the prisoners. |
Subjects | Loyalist Prisoner Prisoner of War Revolutionary War Military History Government and Civics Military Law |
People | Weare, Meshech (1713-1786) |
Place written | Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | IBM (Thomas J. Watson, to 1951), Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. (to 10/68) and King V. Hostick; encapsulated. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |