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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR - BATTLE OF MORRISANIA]. The Pennsylvania Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. No. 2643. Philadelphia, PA: Hall and Sellers, 7 February 1781.
Sale 1005 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Mar 1, 2022
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Mar 8, 2022
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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR - BATTLE OF MORRISANIA]. The Pennsylvania Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. No. 2643. Philadelphia, PA: Hall and Sellers, 7 February 1781.

4pp., folio, 9 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. Disbound (partial separation at centerfold, folds and few creases, toning, some staining, chipping to edges). 

The issue contains a detailed inside page report with three columns of text covering the Battle of Morrisania.  On 22 January 1781 at Morrisania, New York, an American force, commanded by Lt. Col. William Hull, led a raid to within three miles of the British lines. He attacked the headquarters of Lt. Col. James De Lancey's Tory Battalion at Morrisania. Morrisania is located in Westchester County and was the ancestral home of the Morris Family. It was located in what now is the Bronx. The Americans burned barracks and the pontoon bridge over the Harlem River, and destroyed a great store of forage. The Americans withdrew with 52 Tory prisoners, and some horses and cattle. De Lancey gathered up his scattered forces and harassed the Americans during their withdrawal all the way to the Williams' Bridge. On the other side of the bridge was a large contingent of Americans with two cannon. The Tory force fell back, collected their wounded, and buried their dead. They then proceeded to rebuild their burned down huts. 

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