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Description
Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) wrote this letter to his wife, Elizabeth Bartlett Wadsworth, on Sept. 2, 1778 from Rehoboth about skirmishes between the British and Massachusetts troops.
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About This Item
- Title: Peleg Wadsworth letter to wife, Betsey, 1778
- Creator: Peleg Wadsworth
- Creation Date: 1778-09-02
- Subject Date: 1778-09-02
- Location: USA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. S-6098 Misc. box 157/ 2b
- Collection: Peleg Wadsworth letters
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Generals--United States
- Letters
- Manuscripts
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
- Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829--Correspondence
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