A journal kept during the time Boston was shut up in 1775 [manuscript transcription], 1775-1776.

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A journal kept during the time Boston was shut up in 1775 [manuscript transcription], 1775-1776.

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Handwritten copy of a journal kept by Boston selectman Timothy Newell, 19 April 1775-17 March 1776, describing events during the Siege of Boston. Newell details the number of men wounded and killed, size of British and Continental troops, and confiscated livestock. Also includes copies of letters sent and received by Newell addressed to Gen. Howe, 8-9 March 1776. The journal was copied most likely by Thomas Wallcut from papers held by Jeremy Belknap. Pages 13-16 are missing from transcription.

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Newell, Timothy.

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Wallcut, Thomas, 1758-1840

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Thomas Wallcut (1758-1840), son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Marshall Wallcut, was educated to become an Indian missionary at the Indian Charity School in Hanover, N.H. In 1774, he passed the exams for Dartmouth College, but instead went to live with the St. Francis Indians near Montreal. During the Revolution, he worked in hospitals at Albany and Boston. Wallcut was devoted to antiquarian research and the collecting of books and pamphlets. He was one of the ten original members of the Massachusett...

Boston (Mass.). Selectmen

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Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814

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Commander-in-chief of British forces in North America from 1775 to 1778. From the description of Appointment, 1778 Feb. 23, Philadelphia, of Charles Bowden. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122625975 Commander of British Army troops in North America during the American Revolution. From the description of Book of general orders: manuscript, 1777. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 80960793 Army officer, Great Britain. ...