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Copy of a letter from Major-general Lincoln to General Sir Henry Clinton and Vice admiral Arbuthnot, dated Charles town, April 10, 1780 Gentlemen, (b.) I HAVE received your summons of this date. Sixty days have passed since it has been known that your intentions against this town were hostile, in which time has been afforded to abandon it; but duty and inclination point to the propriety of supporting it to the last extremity. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) B. LINCOLN, Commanding in the south department. (From A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Province of North America?, by Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton, pp56-67.) Tarleton, Ch 1., [G], p. 56c 4/10/1780 |
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