Letter from Leverett Saltonstall to Mary Cooke Saltonstall Harrod, 12 May 1782

Letter from Leverett Saltonstall to Mary Cooke Saltonstall Harrod, 12 May 1782

American loyalists. United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --British forces.

This letter is written from Leverett Saltonstall (1754-1782) to his mother, Mary Cooke Saltonstall Harrod (1723-1804). It is from the Saltonstall family papers. Leverett Saltonstall had apprenticed to become a merchant in Boston but during the Revolution served in the British Army as a 2nd lieutenant in the 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) under Sir William Howe in 1778 and later served under Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Leverett Saltonstall

Massachusetts Historical Society, www.masshist.org

1782-05-12

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