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Peter Parker

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Sir Peter Parker commanded the squadron at the unsuccessful attack on Fort Moultrie in Charleston, S.C. He aided Howe in the capture of N.Y and reduced R.I.

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Chatham Rhode Island The 6th April 1777 Sir I have sent by Lieut d’Auvergne American Prisoners, for whom you will please to give a Receipt and place to our Credit. I am Sir Your Most Obed. Humble Servt. P. Parker

Creation Date

4-6-1777

City

Chatham

State/Province

Rhode Island

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1721-1811

Keywords

Peter Parker, Nicholas Cook, Chatham, Rhode Island, prisoners, American Revolution, Revolutionary War

Resource Identifier

080428-78

Date Digital

November 2013

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Archival Science | Military History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Letter from Peter Parker to Nicholas Cook regarding American prisoners. Rhode Island, 1777.

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