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The correspondence of Captain Nathan and Lois Peters : April 25, 1775-February 5, 1777 / edited and with an introd. by William H. Guthman.

Title
The correspondence of Captain Nathan and Lois Peters : April 25, 1775-February 5, 1777 / edited and with an introd. by William H. Guthman.
Author
Peters, Nathan, 1747-1824.
Publication
[Hartford] : Connecticut Historical Society, 1980.

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  • Peters, Lois, 1750-1837
  • Guthman, William H.
Description
54 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  • A collection of seventeen letters written by Nathan Peters during his period of service in the Continental Army from April 1775 to February 1777 and thirty letters written by his wife Lois Crary Peters.
  • Nathan was born 26 Aug 1747 in Medfield, Mass. and died 7 Feb. 1824. He was the son of William and Hannah (Chenery) Peters. Nathan married, in Preston, Connecticut, on June 10, 1770, Lois Crary, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Tracy) Crary. Lois was born 10 April 1750 and died in 1837. They had 9 children.
Subject
  • Peters, Nathan, 1747-1824
  • Peters, Lois, 1750-1837
  • United States. Continental Army > Biography
  • United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Personal narratives
  • Connecticut > Militia > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Personal narratives
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
LCCN
^^^80116968^
OCLC
  • 6626415
  • SCSB-11571954
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library