Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed in the same hand. 2 pp. Fo

Abstract

Warns Buford that resistance is vain, as he is nearly surrounded by 700 mounted troops with artillery, and Cornwallis is within a short march; offers terms similar to those accepted at Charles Town; expects an answer in half an hour; if the terms are accepted, arms must be piled in one hour.

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 9069
Archives EAD ID: 278572
Archives Components ID: 3624
Photo Order: 66359
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d6f378c0-6a38-0139-abd3-0242ac110002

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Col. Abraham Buford.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6f378c0-6a38-0139-abd3-0242ac110002

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1780). Letter to [Col. Abraham Buford.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6f378c0-6a38-0139-abd3-0242ac110002

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