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Letter from Jedediah Preble, representative of the Committee of Correspondence, to the Provicial Congress about the kidnapping of Capt. Mowat in Portland by Samuel Thompson and subsequent events, May 14, 1775.
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- Title: Jedediah Preble letter on Mowat kidnapping, 1775
- Creator: Jedediah Preble
- Creation Date: 1775-05-14
- Subject Date: 1775
- Location: Falmouth, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 1157, p. 43-46
- Collection: Burning of Falmouth/Mowat's Relation
- Object Type: Text
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- Canceaux (Ship)
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces--Prisoners and prisons
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Committees of correspondence--Letters
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