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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07191 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1775 |
| Title | Benjamin Greenleaf to the Committee of Intelligence at Portsmouth, NH, regarding false alarms of enemy troops |
| Date | 29 April 1775 |
| Author | Greenleaf, Benjamin (fl. 1775) |
| Recipient | Committee of Intelligence |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Warning of false reports of British troops arriving in Massachusetts. "I am sensible of the evil consequences of false alarms at such a time as the present is, & have been much pain'd on hearing of the distress, the people of your town & province were lately thrown into by one." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs |
| Place written | Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |