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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.088 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1778 |
| Title | Alexander McArthur to Elias Boudinot requesting to be exchanged as a prisoner of war |
| Date | 7 May 1778 |
| Author | McArthur, Alexander (fl. 1778) |
| Recipient | Boudinot, Elias |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Addressed to Boudinot as Commissary General of Prisoners. Requests to be exchanged as a prisoner of war because he was wounded at Fort Montgomery and is not well. He asks to be paroled or exchanged to go to Dutchess County so he may heal. He informs Boudinot that his rank is Second Lieutenant in Captain James Stewart's company, Colonel Lewis Du Bois's Regiment, fifth regiment of the state of New York. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Global History and Civics Military History Battle Injury or Wound Prisoner Parole Loyalist |
| People | McArthur, Alexander (fl. 1778) Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821) |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |