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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.457.10
From Archive Folder Letters from Francis Johnston to lieutenant colonel Persifor Frazer 
Title Francis Johnston to Persifor Frazer about recovering from illness
Date 25 July 1777
Author Johnston, Francis (1749-1815)  
Recipient Frazer, Persifor  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Was sick in Brunswick for three weeks, then Philadelphia, but is now better. Asks Frazer to take care of various duties with regard to the company.
Subjects Military History  Revolutionary War  Health and Medical  
People Johnston, Francis (1749-1815)  Frazer, Persifor (1736-1792)  
Theme The American Revolution; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Ten letters written by Johnston to Frazer, and one set of Johnston's orders for his company. Most of the letters are written by Johnston while he is away from the regiment in ill health, informing Frazer of various duties that he and the company must perform. Francis Johnston was a colonel in the Fifth Pennsylvania. Persifor Frazer was a lieutenant colonel in the Fifth Pennsylvania. A prisoner of the British from11 September 1777 until his escape 17 March, 1778. Later rose to the rank of Brigadier General of the Pennsylvania Militia.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859