Item 5: Letter from Samuel H[olden] Parsons to [Zebulon] Butler (Removed to Legal Box #1) , 1777 April 6
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 5
Dates
- Created: 1777 April 6
Creator
- Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789. (Person)
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition Note:
Okay. Some minor stains and browning present, however a section of the letter is separated from the rest, making certain words illegible, as it has torn at a fold in the paper.
Measurements:
12 ¼ in. x 7 ⅝ in.
Description:
The following letter dated April 6, 1777, is written by Samuel H[olden] Parsons to Zebulon Butler, a Colonel during the American Revolutionary war and political figure from Connecticut. In the letter, Parsons is writing to Butler concerning the necessary military movements of his company. Parsons asks that Butler bring the company as far as Morristown as quickly as the men can make it. He states there that the Commander in Chief will have orders for them, unless Butler receives orders sooner than that, at which time he is to follow them. He concludes by stating that he hopes they will arrive in time to be of aide to their general. It is not clear if the general he is mentioning at the end is a self inclusion or an additional man, as he signs the back of the document, “General Parsons.”
Location:
Morristown
Transcription:
Lyme 6th April 1777
Sir
you are to repair immediately to Danbury
& there take the Command of the
Detachments from the Regiments rais[e]d
in this State & proceed with them as
fast as can consist with the Health &
Strength of the Soldiers, to HeadQuarters
at Morris Town or Elsewhere unless
and there apply to the Commander
in Chief for Orders unless you receive
Orders from my Superior officers Sooner
which in that Case you will obey; I
need not inform you of the absolute
Necessity of Expediting your March
let not a M[oment] be [but] lost by your
Delay Destruction be brought on our
Country
I wish you and the Troops under
your Command may prove arrive in
Season to aford (sic) [afford] ^the aid to our General,
So much needed at this Time & prove
an Honor to yourselves & your Country
yr hbl Sert [Your Humble Servant]
Sam[ue]l H Parson B. Genl [Brigadier General]
To Col[onel] Butler
Back:
General Parsons Orders
Creator
- Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789. (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu