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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.629
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1778 
Title Diary kept in "Bickerstaff's New-England Almanack"
Date 1778
Author Goodwin, Nathaniel (1748-1819)  
Document Type Diary; Pamphlet
Content Description Goodwin, a Major in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, writes "while at Boston" across the title page of the almanac. Includes entries from other locations. Contains 22 pages of printed text, 7 pages of handwritten text. Relates traveling to Bedford and Salem. Mentions the Lucy, possibly a ship. Discusses the weather and a French naval fleet. Writes that Major General Horatio Gates assumed command of the Eastern Department (November 1778). In December, states that his entire detachment was discharged from duty based on Gates's orders. Bickerstaff's New England Almanack was published in Norwich, Connecticut by J. Trumbull. Accompanied by a biographical note on Goodwin by E. S. Phelps.
Subjects Soldier's Diary  Revolutionary War  Military History  Travel  France  Navy  Maritime  Continental Army  Global History and Civics  
People Goodwin, Nathaniel (1748-1819)  Gates, Horatio (cb. 1727-1806)  Gerrish, Jacob (d. 1817)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs; Arts & Literature
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Phelps states that Goodwin, from Plymouth, was a Massachusetts state representative and magistrate.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859