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- GLC#
- GLC06508.08-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 26, 1782
- Author/Creator
- Winnot, W., fl. 1782
- Title
- to William Smallwood
- Place Written
- Charleston County, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address ; Height: 31 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Gives General Smallwood an "account of the present situation of the two armies in this [southern] quarter with their principal maneuvers since the capture of L'd Cornwallace." Provides a detailed description of activities by generals Nathanael Greene, Anthony Wayne, Alexander Leslie, and others. Comments on the raising of troops. Indicates he received news of a British mission against French troops in Boston. A note on the address leaf explains the "Import of sending this to Annapolis." Written from Camp Ashley Hill, in Charleston County, South Carolina.
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