(AMERICAN REVOLUTION NEW YORK) [Lush Stephen] Letter to an

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEW YORK.) [Lush, Stephen.] Letter to an imprisoned American officer, from a paroled fellow officer. Autograph Letter, partially signed as "St", as a major in the Continental Army, to Lieutenant Colonel Jacobus Bruyn in prison on Long Island. One page, 8 x 6 1/2 inches, plus integral address leaf docketed "Letter from Major Lush"; minor foxing, address panel worn at folds. (JMR) Kingston, NY, 22 September 1779

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Major Lush here attempts to raise the spirits of an officer still languishing in a British prison. He describes a certain young lady in Albany as being "beautiful as ever," and concludes: "Offer my best respects to Colo. McClaughry, Major Logan, Capts. Godwin & Fanneau [Fenno], Lieuts Dodge, Pawling, Jackson &c, Ensign Swarthout and all the rest of my brother officers still in captivity." Lush, Bruyn, and all of the listed officers were taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery in 1777.