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- Creator
- Purple, Samuel S. (Samuel Smith), 1822-1900
- Call number
- MssCol 2504
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- The treason of Dr. Benjamin Church, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
One volume, containing notes for a biographical sketch of Dr. Benjamin Church, director general and chief physician of the hospital of the Continental Army. The volume also includes source material relating to Benjamin Church: verses occasioned by the detection of Dr. Church's traitorous correspondence, from Rivington's New York Gazetter, October 19, 1775; and a transcript of an oration delivered by Benjamin Church, March 5, 1773, to commemorate the bloody tragedy of March 1770
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328