Harrison, Charles, 1740-1796 [Chain of posts in South Carolina captured from British]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01319 Author/Creator: Harrison, Charles, 1740-1796 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: [20 July 1781] Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.8 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy
Signed with initials. Lists several posts established by Lord Cornwallis in South Carolina which had been reduced and evacuated by American forces. Notes that there are about 1200 prisoners in the reduced works. Adds that these posts secured Britain to South Carolina and the destruction of these forts would break Britain's tie to South and North Carolina. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.01063.
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