Title: Letter from Governour Trumbull to the New-York Congress. Has just been advised that a small Fleet has left Boston, intended, as it is supposed, to bombard some Towns on the coast. Bristol was cannonaded last Saturday, and as they are soon expected on our own coast, we are not able to furnish New-York any Powder.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 3, Page 1284
Author/Presenter: Trumbull, Jonathan, Governour of Connecticut
Type: Correspondence; Proceedings
Themes: Key people, events, and institutions: colonial government; Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies; Military action: intelligence and planning; Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment; Mobilizing the populace: military depravation, fear of attack
Date Presented: 1775-10-09
Before Whom: New-York, Congress
Where Presented: New-York, New-York, North America
Date Composed: 1775-10-9
Where Written: Lebanon, Connecticut, North America
Recipient: New-York, Congress
Document ID: S4-V3-P01-sp20-D0128
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