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- GLC#
- GLC02491
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 January 1780
- Author/Creator
- Marion, Francis, 1732-1795
- Title
- to Benjamin Lincoln
- Place Written
- Sheldon, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Informs that he is sending two men as prisoners of war, Thomas Page and Joseph Dawson. States that the men say they deserted from the British but Marion suspects they may be spies. " ... I suspect from their Characters they are sent as Spies, and thought best to have them conducted to you." Advises that they have run out of rum and do not have wagons to go for more. Also states that they are in need of cartridges. Written as Lieutenant Colonel to Major General Benjamin Lincoln. With small clipping from a past sale describing the letter.
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