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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09032 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | Andrew Boardman to Richard Hunnewell regarding British officers |
| Date | 1 November 1777 |
| Author | Boardman, Andrew (fl. 1777) |
| Recipient | Hunnewell, Richard |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Requires Constable Richard Hunnewell, of Cambridge, Mass., to "warn all the Inhabitants ... qualified to vote in Town affairs to assemble at the Court house ... to consider & determine what measures are proper to be taken in order to prevent the British officers, lately taken by General Gates, from having the Range of this Town, as it has been represented to the selectmen ... that such a Plan is in Contemplation ..." With Autograph document signed by Hunnewell noting he completed the above order. |
| Subjects | Convention Army Prisoner of War Global History and Civics Law Government and Civics |
| People | Hunnewell, Richard (1713-1805) Boardman, Andrew (fl. 1777) |
| Place written | Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |