Charles Turnbull correspondence 1778-1791

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Charles Turnbull correspondence 1778-1791

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_1981_015_turnbull/arms_1981_015_turnbull.html

0.1 Linear feet; in one folder

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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Turnbull, Charles

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Charles Turnbull (b. circa 1754) served as a captain in the Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary War and was held as a British prisoner on Long Island. After being paroled, Turnbull became a Major of Artillery in the Continental Army. Following the war, he bought a 150 acre farm in Bedford, Long Island (later part of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn). Turnbull was appointed High Sheriff of Kings County in 1789. From the guide to the Charles Turnbull correspond...