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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.159 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1779 |
| Title | Penobscot Expedition: Approval of request to retrieve Americans in enemy territory |
| Date | 12 September 1779 |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Written by an unknown commander during the Revolutionary War giving permission to Thomas Nutting and Charles Hutchings to raise a party to "fetch off the families of the friends of America" at "Majabagaduce" (now Castine, Maine). They are given permission to raise a party of men not already in the service and to take prisoners; they are not to commit any "inhuman action" along the way. Townsend is now Boothbay Harbor. Verso of document has a waxy backing, which appears to have been added to provide stability to the paper. |
| Subjects | Military History Revolutionary War Prisoner of War Children and Family |
| Place written | Townsend, [?] |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |