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Description
73 letters (transcriptions) mostly from General Gold Selleck Silliman to his wife Mary Noyes Silliman (née Fish), dating from 1776 April 2 to 1780 April 24. Also included are letters to/from his father-in-law Reverend Joseph Fish, Governor of New Jersey William Franklin, General of the Hessian Army Wilhelm von Knyphausen, and Governor of Connecticut Jonathan Trumbull.
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Source
Collection 5307 [Identifying number] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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