Letter to Gen. [Benjamin Lincoln?]
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Title
Letter to Gen. [Benjamin Lincoln?]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Siege of Savannah - Lincoln Papers
Names
Dillon, Arthur, Count (Author)
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1779-10-12
Place: Savannah, Ga.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: 2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. 4o
Abstract
Transmits the dispositions he has made in consequence of the orders given him to retire by Thunderbolt Bluff; his age, inexperience, and desire to retreat honorably induced him to consult the oldest officer of the General's troops, who, as well as the whole army, approves of his plans, reproaching him however for retreating by Thunderbolt, in which he is carrying out orders contrary to his own judgment; the Viscomte de Noailles agrees with him, and they deplore the alternative of surrendering without fighting, or dying of hunger; is grieved to sacrifice troops so necessary to the state; asks for written instructions. A. L. Endorsed: "Count Dillon's letter to -- Oct. 12, 1779." In French.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 7487
Archives EAD ID: 278125
Archives Components ID: 3179
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3082a2d0-6a36-0139-3c5c-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin Lincoln?]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1779. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3082a2d0-6a36-0139-3c5c-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1779). Letter to Gen. [Benjamin Lincoln?] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3082a2d0-6a36-0139-3c5c-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin Lincoln?]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3082a2d0-6a36-0139-3c5c-0242ac110002
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