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Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810 to Burgess Ball

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04377.05 Author/Creator: Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 November 1779 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 15.2 cm Order a Copy

Takes "one moment to say that we have miscarried in Georgia; a storm was attempted against Savannah; ... lost about two hundred men- among others the brave General Pulaski." Possibly referring to his fellow Continental Congressmen, states "my Constituents must have a curious Idea of the Virginia Importance in this union to neglect it so greatly at this important period."

Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810
Ball, Burgess, 1749-1800
Pulaski, Casimir, 1747-1779

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