Benjamin Lincoln letters and documents

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{"value"=>"MssCol 4524", "type"=>"local_call"}

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{"value"=>"1776-1806", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776/1806"}

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1776

date_inclusive_end

1806

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1776

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{"value"=>"Benjamin Lincoln letters and documents"}

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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

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{"value"=>"Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) served as a major general in the Continental Army, as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and was appointed customs collector for the Port of Boston in 1789. The papers consist predominantly of letters sent by Lincoln pertaining to military matters, including a letter dated September 4, 1779, to General Lachlan McIntosh announcing the landing of Comte d'Estaing with twenty-five ships of the line and describing preparations for what would become the Siege of Savannah. Also present are legal documents, including powers of attorney and loan certificates; a bill of sale for the sloop \"Polly,\" and customs documents generated by Lincoln during his term as Collector of the Port of Boston."}

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{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin Lincoln letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmet and Ford collections.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) served as a major general in the Continental Army, as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and was appointed customs collector for the Port of Boston in 1789. The papers consist predominantly of letters sent by Lincoln pertaining to military matters, including a letter dated September 4, 1779, to General Lachlan McIntosh announcing the landing of Comte d'Estaing with twenty-five ships of the line and describing preparations for what would become the Siege of Savannah. Also present are legal documents, including powers of attorney and loan certificates; a bill of sale for the sloop \"Polly,\" and customs documents generated by Lincoln during his term as Collector of the Port of Boston.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John S. Kennedy, 1896, and John Pierpont Morgan, 1899, with an additional gift from R. H. Macy amp;Co., 1941.</p>"}

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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

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.1 linear feet (1 folder)

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1776

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1806

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