Letter, 1775 July 22, to Maurice Cane, Boston, Mass.

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Letter, 1775 July 22, to Maurice Cane, Boston, Mass.

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Solicits peace with the rebels on the basis of their high morale and plentiful provisions and military supplies. The letter was published in the Connecticut Courant of February 5, 1776.

3 p. ; 33 x 21 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778

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Physician, poet, author, and traitor; b. Newport, R.I.; graduate of Harvard, 1754; lived in Boston and Raynham, Mass.; after correspondence with British was intercepted in 1775, he was tried by court martial. Continental Congress resolved on Nov. 6, that he should be imprisoned at Norwich, Conn., but because of illness was removed to Massachusetts and put on parole; allowed to sail from Boston in May 1776 for London but ship never heard from again; family was pensioned by the Crown. ...

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