New York State Provincial Congress correspondence of the Provincial Congress, Provincial Convention, Committee of Safety, and Council of Safety

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Series
A0118
Description
This series contains mostly incoming correspondence received by the Provincial Congress from other revolutionary bodies or other persons, including local committees concerning defense measures, raising troops, etc.; other Committees of Safety, such as that in Philadelphia headed by Benjamin Franklin; New York delegates to the Continental Congress; imprisoned loyalists or suspected loyalists or their families requesting relief; and Quakers who refused to provide names of men of military age. The series also includes some printed broadsides.

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