Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, headquarter near Charles Town
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Title
Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, headquarter near Charles Town
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Lossing's Field Book of Revolution
Names
Malmedy, Francis, Marquis de (Author)
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1780-04-09
Place: Fogather's Landing, 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: A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o
Abstract
On his arrival saw Gen. Huger who had ordered a colonel of North Carolina militia at Monk's Corner to go at once to Adison's Ferry; advises the construction of a fort at Lempries' ferry, as the only means of maintaining communication with the town, and preventing the enemy from establishing batteries to protect their ships; advises the fortification also of Potts Landing and others, and suggests means for carrying provisions; reports few negroes and a great scarcity of provisions; Capt. Daniel will send him 14 barrels of rice; asks for rum which is the soul of work.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 6641
Archives EAD ID: 277702
Archives Components ID: 2758
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a638e330-6a3d-0139-2015-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, headquarter near Charles Town" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a638e330-6a3d-0139-2015-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1780). Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, headquarter near Charles Town Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a638e330-6a3d-0139-2015-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, headquarter near Charles Town" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a638e330-6a3d-0139-2015-0242ac110002
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