Jedediah Preble letter on Mowat kidnapping, 1775
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Letter from Jedediah Preble, representative of the Committee of Correspondence, to the Provicial Congress about the kidnapping of Capt. Mowat in Portland by Samuel Thompson and subsequent events, May 14, 1775.
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- Title: Jedediah Preble letter on Mowat kidnapping, 1775
- Creator: Preble, Jedediah
- Creation Date: 1775-05-14
- Subject Date: 1775
- Local Name: Falmouth
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 1157, p. 43-46
- Object Type: Text
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LC Subject Headings
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Committees of correspondence--Letters
Canceaux (Ship)
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces--Prisoners and prisons
People
Mowat, Henry
Graves, Samuel
Thompson, Samuel
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