Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Custodial History
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Other Descriptive Data
- Bibliography
- Indexed Terms
- Linking Entry Complexity Note
- Exhibits Note
- Host Item
Collection Access
David Lyman letter
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- David Lyman letter
- Dates
- 1779 June 5
- Creator
- Lyman, David
- Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809, recipient
- Size
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1 page ;
33 x 21 cm.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
1923.1000.
Custodial History
Purchased from the Gunther estate (1923.1000).
Scope and Content
Letter from David Lyman, A.D.C., Headquarters, Boston, to Col. Henry Jackson, Newtown. Requests Jackson to prevent the reenlistment of Fortune, (a man enslaved by Lyman) in Jackson's regiment if Fortune offers to reenlist.
Other Descriptive Data
Self-cover with address on verso.
Other Descriptive Data
Embossed: Gunther.
Bibliography
Published in: We the people: voices and images of the new nation, by Alfred F. Young and Terry J. Fife, with Mary E. Janzen. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1993, p. 90.
Indexed Terms
- Fortune
- United States -- Army -- African American troops
- United States History Participation, African American. Revolution, 1775-1783
- African American soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 18th century
- Slavery -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 18th century
- Correspondence
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of the Henry Jackson papers.
Exhibits Note
Exhibited in: "We the People, Creating a New Nation," Chicago Historical Society, beginning Sept. 12, 1987.
Host Item
p1pcJackson, Henry, 1747-1809.Henry Jackson papers.