Military correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Confession of William W. Gale after court-martial, August 5, 1775
Item — Case Bronck Manuscripts Drawer One
Identifier: BM 1775.7
Scope and Contents
A written confession from William W. Gale after being convicted by court martial "of Scandalously aspersing the Character of Mr. Adjutant Day."
Letter to Col. William Worthington from William Worthington Gale, re: military, July 22, 1775
Item — Case Bronck Manuscripts Drawer One
Identifier: BM 1775.5
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Worthington Gale in Roxbury to his uncle William Worthington in Saybrook. The author mentions "Yesterday there was a party of about 300 Men Went and burnt the Light Hous and took 2 burges and 6? men of which they wounded in the fray. Every day more or less of the Regulars are taken our men are in high Spirits."