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Title
Letter to Governor Abner Nash [Hillsborough]
Names
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789 (Author)
Nash, Abner (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

The Carolinas and Georgia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1780-08-19
Place: Salisbury, N.C.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 4pp. Fo
Description
General Gates will give him a detailed account of the defeat at Camden; he himself has ordered the scattered troops and the militia to meet at Charlotte; arms must be sent to camp; he sent Dr. Williamson, with a flag, to the British camp for a list of the killed, wounded and prisoners; suggests that the Assembly, if the Governor can get no quorum at Hillsborough, might meet at the camp at Charlotte where the members belonging to the army could attend; if no assembly meets the Governor and Council will undoubtedly come thither; speaks of officers who, he fears, are lost; refers him to the bearer Major [Richard Dobbs] Spaight for further particulars.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1165
Archives EAD ID: 275517
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 667e49f0-6a40-0139-1898-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1729: Creator Born
  • 1780: Created
  • 1789: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Chicago/Turabian Format

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1780). Letter to Governor Abner Nash [Hillsborough] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-fa04-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Governor Abner Nash [Hillsborough]