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- Creator
- Eells, Jeremiah B
- Call number
- MssCol 906
- Physical description
- .04 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Jeremiah B. Eells diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Diary kept while imprisoned in a sugar house prison, New York City, from March 14 to November 24, 1777. Describes trip from Huntington, L.I. to New York City; prison life; work, illnesses, etc. Also includes miscellaneous army and mercantile accounts, 1776-1781
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Subjects
Places
- New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives
- New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons
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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