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Selah Strong letter to George W. Strong, August 29, 1814.

Letter from Selah Strong, Brookhaven, to George W. Strong, New York, mentioning the British taking Washington, D.C. and asking George to pick up William, a young relative returning home from school in Connecticut, from the stagecoach office and put him on a boat to Long Island; small hole in center of leaf with loss to a few words.

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Letter from Selah Strong, Brookhaven, to George W. Strong, New York, mentioning the British taking Washington, D.C. and asking George to pick up William, a young relative returning home from school in Connecticut, from the stagecoach office and put him on a boat to Long Island; small hole in center of leaf with loss to a few words.
NYHS Identifier
Mss Collection - BV Lloyd, John (MS 1731.2)
Member of
George W. Strong letter books, 1804-1853. Volume 2, 1804-1853 (bulk 1833-1841)
Genre
letters (correspondence)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Geographic)
Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814
United States--History--War of 1812
Full Title
Selah Strong letter to George W. Strong, August 29, 1814.
Contributor
Strong, George W. (George Washington), 1783-1855
Creator
Strong, Selah, 1737-1815
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1814-August-29
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