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Copy.- From Earl Cornwallis to Lieutenant-colonel Tarleton, dated M'Alister's, January 11th, 1781, P. M. Dear Tarleton, I RECEIVED yours last night, of the 9th, four P. M. I fear the waters have been much more swelled since you wrote it. (The subsequent sentences were originally written in cypher.) At present I think I shall move Saturday to cross roads. I can hear nothing of Morgan; they say there are several ferries high up Broad river where he may pass, particularly Talbot's ferry. Leslie is much retarded by the waters. Yours sincerely, CORNWALLIS (From A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Province of North America?, by Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton, pp248-249.) Tarleton, Ch 4., [I], p. 248 1/11/1781 |
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