Letter, 1882 January 7.

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Letter, 1882 January 7.

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Letter to Reverend Mr. Hayden in which De Peyster asserts that according to the letters of Captain De Peyster and Lieutenant Allaire, the Americans "were vastly superior in numbers" during the American Revolution. He claims that the published history of the Revolution is a myth and "manufactured for a purpose." He asserts that failure in history is never reported like success. Written at New York, N.Y.

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American Periodical Series I

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