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Letter from General Ward to the Committee for Salem

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The following is a copy of the General' s Letter:

"Head-Quarters, Cambridge, May 29, l775.

"SIR: By information just received from Boston, I apprehend the enemy intend to make an attack some where this night; therefore would have your people in readiness to act on the shortest notice if there should be occasion.

"I am, &c˙,

ARTEMAS WARD."

Captain Marston sent the above to the Committee for Chebacco, about half past ten o' clock.

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Title: Letter from General Ward to the Committee for Salem. Expects an attack this night from the British Forces in Boston
Creator: Ward, Artemas, General
Editor: Ward, Artemas, General
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1775-05-29
Recipient: Massachusetts, Salem Committee of Safety and Correspondence
Presentation Location: Manchester, Massachusetts, North America
Before Whom: Massachusetts, Manchester Committee of Correspondence
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: intelligence and planning
Politics and causes of revolt: political rumor
Document ID: S4-V2-P01-sp32-D0016
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V2
Part: S4-V2-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V2-P01-sp32
Usage Conditions: This work is in the Public Domain, and as such is not subject to copyright restrictions. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute it in whole or in part without permission.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Public Domain

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