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  • Subject is exactly "United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783."

Letter from Eliakim Libby to Mehitable Cummings Libby, 1775 November 26

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A letter from Sergeant Eliakim Libby of the Continental Army (Colonel Edmund Phinney's 31st Regiment of Foot) to his wife Mehitable Cummings Libby. Dated November 26, 1775, Libby, a resident of what would become Scarborough, Maine, writes about his…

Autograph of Jonathan Harrington, the last-surviving participant in the Battle of Lexington, 1851 April 25

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Document signed by Jonathan Harrington, the last surviving participant of the Battle of Lexington. Contains a statement written that details Harrington's experience. Harrington was the nephew of Captain John Parker, commander of the Lexington…

Autograph of Jonathan Harrington

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Autograph of Jonathan Harrington, the last living survivor of the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts. Note accompanying autograph states that autograph was written on August 12, 1852.

Letter from Colonel Nathaniel Terry to Captains Grant and Barber, 1781 September 8

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This letter from Connecticut Colonel Nathaniel Terry to Captains Grant and Barber directs both men to send a detachment of men to New London, Connecticut. Written while at Enfield, Connecticut, and dated September 8, 1781.