Letter to Israel Keith, 1778 January 5.

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Letter to Israel Keith, 1778 January 5.

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Letter to Colonel Israel Keith concerning the capture of several British soldiers and confiscation of forged papers. Also, he asks what is to be done about a "scandalous house" nearby which is causing a riot between soldiers of both armies, and about the removal of a billiard table in Cambridge. He laments that martial law cannot be imposed. Written at Cambridge, Mass.

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American Periodical Series I

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