Letter from Eliakim Libby to Mehitable Cummings Libby, 1775 November 26

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliakim Libby to Mehitable Cummings Libby, 1775 November 26
Description:
A letter from Sergeant Eliakim Libby of the Continental Army (Colonel Edmund Phinney's 31st Regiment of Foot) to his wife Mehitable Cummings Libby. Dated November 26, 1775, Libby, a resident of what would become Scarborough, Maine, writes about his health and of the Army's preparations at Boston.
Creator:
Libby, Eliakim, 1745-1836
Date:
November 26, 1775
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):
Selections from the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776
Libby, Eliakim, 1745-1836--Correspondence
Libby family
Massachusetts Infantry. 31st Regiment, 1775
Soldiers--United States--History--18th century
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Link to Item:
https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/639
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts.
USM 001.034
Identifier:
A1975/009/1