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Spotswood, Alexander, 1746-1818 to Nathanael Greene

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.19 Author/Creator: Spotswood, Alexander, 1746-1818 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 19, 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Letter written by Colonel Spotswood to Major General Greene as commander of the Southern Department. Greene was only given the command of the South a month earlier. Introduces Colonel Senf, an engineer from the South who is "much esteemed." He sends regrets for not being able to accompany Greene south, but the Governor ordered him to take command of the militia. He invites Mrs. Greene to visit his wife. Postscript asks Greene to send his compliments to "Barron Stubend" - Baron von Steuben - who he hears is with him. Address is on a separate piece of paper (7.1 x 16 cm.). Letter written along the James River in Virginia.

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Spotswood, Alexander, 1746-1818
Greene, Catharine Littlefield, 1755-1814
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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