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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02471.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Items relating to members of Continental Congress, including Congress of 1774 |
| Title | Nathaniel Folsom to Thomas Stickney re: securing troops for three New Hampshire regiments |
| Date | 20 March 1777 |
| Author | Folsom, Nathaniel (1726-1790) |
| Recipient | Stickney, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | [Continental Congress members] |
| Subjects | American Statesmen Recruitment Military History Revolutionary War |
| People | Folsom, Nathaniel (1726-1790) Stickney, Thomas (fl. 1778) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Creating a New Government; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | FOLSOM, Nathaniel, (1726-1790), Delegate from New Hampshire; served in the French and Indian Wars as a captain in Colonel Blanchard's regiment; successively major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the Fourth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, which he commanded at the beginning of the Revolutionary War; brigadier general of the New Hampshire troops sent to Massachusetts and served during the siege of Boston; appointed major general and planned the details of troops sent from New Hampshire to Ticonderoga; Member of the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1777-1780; executive councilor in 1778; a delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1783, serving as its president; chief justice of the court of common pleas. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |