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Letter to Gen. [Nathanael] Greene

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Title

Letter to Gen. [Nathanael] Greene

Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection
General Leslie's Letterbook

Names

Leslie, Alexander, approximately 1740-1794 (Author)
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1782-09-19
Place: Head-Quarters, Charles Town, S.C.

Library Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: 2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. 4o

Abstract

He appointed a field officer to meet Lieut. Col. Carrington, and did not expect that on business of that nature scruples would have arisen as to rank; he has no lieutenant-colonel to appoint for this service, and therefore requests Greene to appoint some officer of equal rank to meet Maj. Wemys. Copy.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 15648
Archives EAD ID: 279853
Archives Components ID: 4900
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8b329dc0-6a3e-0139-1346-0242ac110002

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Nathanael] Greene" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1782. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b329dc0-6a3e-0139-1346-0242ac110002

APA format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1782). Letter to Gen. [Nathanael] Greene Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b329dc0-6a3e-0139-1346-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Nathanael] Greene" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b329dc0-6a3e-0139-1346-0242ac110002

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