Middleton, Arthur (1742-1787) to William Henry Drayton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04820 Author/Creator: Middleton, Arthur (1742-1787) Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter Date: 15 September 1775 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 31.4 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses South Carolina's military preparations for the revolution. Informs that transports and frigates will be at Charleston soon and that Fort Johnson is reinforced and garrisoned. Reports on armed schooners ready for defense and batteries that are being formed. Letter is not signed but Middleton is noted as the author on the docket.
Middleton was a South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress 1776-1777; 1781-1782 and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Drayton was a South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress 1778-1779.
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