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Colonel Hugh Hughes letterbook

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Description
The manuscript is an exceedingly interesting collection of historical letters addrsesed to and written by Colonel Hugh Hughes, Commanding General at West Point and Quarter Master General of the State of New York. They are all copies of the originals, the greater part being copied by Henry Peckwell, clerk. Most of the letters are requests for supplies for the Continental army, over which Colonel Hughes had supervision, written from Fishkill and Fishkill Landing, New York.
Type
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Production date
1780-1782.
Call number
mssHM 1649
Creator
United States(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from American Art Association, 176, February 18, 1920.
Associated people
Greene, Nathanael, (1742-1786,)
Heath, William, (1737-1814,)
Hughes, Hugh, (-1804,)
McDougall, Alexander, (1732-1786,)
Peckwell, Henry, (1747-1787,)
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