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LS, 1 p. Writes about the method of supplying the Continental Army with hay; mentions George Washington. Date for this item is uncertain, since the army did not exist until 1775, when Washington assumed command of it. Either the writer misdated the letter, or the date refers to an event besides its composition. Written in ink on unlined paper. Accession number written in pencil near top center.
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Placed within a comprehensive contextual historical narrative, The Life of Daniel Waldo Lincoln, 1784–1815 offers a compelling portrait of one brilliant but compromised man’s perspective of his changing times. Daniel Waldo Lincoln, the second son of Levi Lincoln, a prominent Massachusetts Democratic-Republican, was destined to become a man of influence. Born in 1784, equipped with wealth, prestige, a Harvard education, powerful friends, and a distinguished family name, Lincoln ranked high among the inheritors of the Revolution whose purpose was to protect the ideals of the nation’s founders. In over 250 private letters, essays, and poems beginning with his first day at Harvard in 1801 ...