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Lexington Alarm letter, 1775 April 19
1775-04-19
Tyler, Daniel, Jr. [copyist), about 1750 - 1832; Palmer, Joseph (author), 1716-1788
USA: Connecticut, Brooklyn
Paper; ink
1 item ; 31 x 20 cm. (12" x 7 1/2")
Museum Purchase
A95/011/001

Alarm letter, containing an account of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, originally written by Joseph Palmer, at Watertown, Massachusetts, just hours after the event. This attested copy written by Daniel Tyler, Jr., at Brooklyn, Connecticut on the morning of April 20, 1775 and addressed "To Christopher Leffingwell Esq. or either the Committee of Correspondence Norwich" on verso.


For further information about the Lexington Alarm'd letter, see the online exhibtion "To all the Friends of American Liberty": The 1775 Lexington Alarm Letter https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/exhibits/show/lexington-alarm-letter-exhibit



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