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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.236 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1778 |
| Title | Stephen Flood to Benjamin Hewins about his worries that people believe he has defected to the British side |
| Date | 17 November 1778 |
| Author | Flood, Stephen (fl. 1778) |
| Recipient | Hewins, Benjamin |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Worries that some back home believe he has defected to the British side. Feels he has "as good a right as others" to the "town Bounty" this year, and asks Hewins to obtain the money and send it to him. Addressed to Hewins as "Treasurer of the Committee of Stoughtonham," today called Sharon, Massachusetts. A note, seemingly written later but in the same hand, states that the money should instead be sent to Levit Billings. |
| Subjects | Loyalist Revolutionary War Global History and Civics Finance Military History |
| People | Flood, Stephen (fl. 1778) Hewins, Benjamin (1747-1826) Billings, Levit (fl. 1778) |
| Place written | Providence, Rhode Island |
| 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 |