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Preferred Citation:

A. Little Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

Letter from A. Little, Hanover (Va.?) to an unknown person about the number of prisoners he saw on the way to Frederick [Md.?], the exchange of officers, and the prediction by Major [?] Hughes that the fate of New York will soon be decided and General [William] Howe will be in possession of the city.  July 26, 1776.  Incomplete.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.
• United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783