Letter to Lord George Germain
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Title
Letter to Lord George Germain
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
General Leslie's Letterbook
Names
Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823 (Author)
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1781-06-27
Place: Charlestown, S.C.
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: Transcript of L. S. 4 pp. Fo
Abstract
Reports retreat from Camden after Lord Rawdon had offered battle at Sawney Creek, the enemy investing Mott's House, Congaree, and Augusta, and having taken Wright's Bluff previously; the others had surrendered; most of the prisoners exchanged; close siege laid to Ninety-Six, sends details of Cruger's gallant defence of same.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 15521
Archives EAD ID: 279725
Archives Components ID: 4772
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 94a76060-6a3d-0139-a857-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Lord George Germain" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1781. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94a76060-6a3d-0139-a857-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1781). Letter to Lord George Germain Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94a76060-6a3d-0139-a857-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Lord George Germain" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94a76060-6a3d-0139-a857-0242ac110002
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