McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806 to Charles Lee
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03255 Author/Creator: McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806 Place Written: Savannah, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 July 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 31.3 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Also addressed to Lieutenant Seixas (possibly Abraham Mendez Seixas). Colonel McIntosh, commander of American forces in Georgia, replies to a letter from General Lee, Southern Department Commander. Mentions Colonel Samuel Elbert, also active in Georgia. States that an informant "saw a Fifty Gun Ship yesterday afternoon sailing on our Barr into the River, where four other Ships lay at anchor ... I imagine those Gentry will not be guilty a second time of the same delay as in Carolina ... " Relates that in his opinion, this is the fleet from Charleston, South Carolina. In a post script, states that a fresh report indicates news of a recent engagement in which soldiers were killed, but no particulars are known. Several tears and holes result in minimal text loss.
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