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NYM(G.775.107
4 Dec 1775:14 (1260)
Extract of a letter to Captain Gardner, Aid de Camp to
General Burgoyne, at Boston, dated at Corke, September 10,
1775. "I arrived heer this day, and never was mortal more
hurried than I am at present, but a Yankey schooner just
going to leave this for Boston's great township, I ought not
to let slip the opporunity. . . [27 more lines] Your present
situation must be very disagreeable, to be cooped up by such
a set of dirty ragamuffins as I know they are: However, this
may comfort you, the fiddle is tuning for them, and early
next Spring they will have such a dance, as I hope will
bring them to themselves. Believe me, dear Harry, to be
affectionately your's, V. Gardner. . . [5 lines of
postscript.]
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