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1. Letter from Abraham Lott to Nathanael Greene

Letter from Abraham Lott to Nathanael Greene
Date:
1779-09-18
Description:
Letter from Abraham Lott to Nathanael Greene regarding his poor health, family, and the current state of military affairs, including the enemy retreat from Charlestown, where their current strong holds are, and movements of companies of men.

2. Letter from Abraham Lott to Nathanael Greene

Letter from Abraham Lott to Nathanael Greene
Date:
1778-10-24
Description:
Letter from Abraham Lott to Nathanael Greene regarding the failure of the ‘Rhode Island Expedition,’ led by Comte d’Estaing, and general social writing.

4. Letter from Francis Barber to William Alexander [Lord Stirling]

Letter from Francis Barber to William Alexander [Lord Stirling]
Date:
1778-10-09
Description:
Letter from Francis Barber to William Alexander [Lord Stirling] regarding his reluctance to be kept from the fray by an injury and to express upon Lord Stirling the necessity of additional troops to safeguard the stores near Elizabethtown.

6. Letter from John Ashe to Benjamin Lincoln

Letter from John Ashe to Benjamin Lincoln
Date:
1779-02-10
Description:
Letter from John Ashe to Benjamin Lincoln regarding the impending invasion of troops from the other side of the Savannah river and an insistence that there needed to be a strong opposition to meet them in Augusta. Ashe also states that he has enclosed a letter from General Williamson.

7. Letter from Stephen Drayton to Benjamin Lincoln

Letter from Stephen Drayton to Benjamin Lincoln
Date:
1779-01-18
Description:
Letter from Stephen Drayton to Benjamin Lincoln mentioning the misconduct of the North Carolina’s commissary and continue to discuss ideas on better transportation of troops and supplies. Drayton goes on to detail some of the supplies which he has sent to various units and camps; tents, knapsacks, kettles, canteens, hoes, axes, and carpenters tools. He laments the lack of spades or shovels and states that he has enclosed a list of items.

9. Letter from William Moultrie to Benjamin Lincoln

Letter from William Moultrie to Benjamin Lincoln
Date:
1779-05-15
Description:
Letter from William Moultrie to Benjamin Lincoln informing him of his moving his troops (400 Continental troops, artillery, 4 pieces of field artillery, and 350 militia) to join Lincoln.

10. Letter from John Habersham to Benjamin Lincoln

Letter from John Habersham to Benjamin Lincoln
Date:
1779-04-22
Description:
Letter from John Habersham to Benjamin Lincoln regarding the exchange of prisoners and the receipt of American prisoners that were being held in Savannah.