Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This segment of Collections Corner features the Institute’s research services librarian, Rachel Nellis, sharing a remarkable series of six surviving letters written from New York in the summer and fall of 1776 by Capt. Jonathan Birge of Bolton, Connecticut, to his wife Priscilla. This series details Birge’s company’s activities, including descriptions of their supplies, sickness, and casualties. Additionally, modern readers experience the emotional toll of war through Birge’s love for his family and the loss of his friends.

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