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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.020.17 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 20 letters pertaining to James Lovell and Samuel Holten |
| Title | Enoch Putnam to Samuel Holten on the need for troops at West Point |
| Date | 20 November 1781 |
| Author | Putnam, Enoch (1727-1796) |
| Recipient | Holten, Samuel |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Remarks that he is in good health. States that many in the county of Essex Massachusetts thought that the militia were no longer needed at West Point but they were mistaken. His Excellency (George Washington) took a great many troops to the south so the garrison is quite empty. Comments that they were alarmed by an incident taking place in New York on 8 November and got the garrison in order to receive the enemy but they never came. Sends regards to Holten's family, friends, and Benjamin Wadsworth, pastor of the church in Danvers, Massachusetts, where Holten and Putnam were from. |
| Subjects | Health and Medical Militia West Point (US Military Academy) Revolutionary War Military History President |
| People | Putnam, Enoch (1727-1796) Holten, Samuel (1738-1816) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Holten was a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |