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Letter to Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, Commandant at Charleston

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Title
Letter to Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, Commandant at Charleston
Names
Marion, Francis (Author)
Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

Lossing's Field Book of Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1781-03-07
Place: Santee, S.C.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o
Description
Complains of the arrest of Capt. John Pastell, who had been sent with a flag of truce to arrange for the exchange of some men detained by Capt. Saunders, Commandant of Georgetown; asks to have him released, or this violation of the law of nations will be reported to Congress; states that the men held by Capt. Saunders are ill-treated, having contracted quarters, and half rations; has treated his own prisoners of war differently; Lord Rawdney [Rawdon?] and Col. Watson have hanged three men of his Brigade, which will make as many British prisoners suffer a like fate.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 6625
Archives EAD ID: 277693
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 95066380-6a3d-0139-7678-0242ac110002
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  • 1781: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, Commandant at Charleston" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1781. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc2acb7e-4ab5-0a50-e040-e00a18063320

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, Commandant at Charleston" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc2acb7e-4ab5-0a50-e040-e00a18063320

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1781). Letter to Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, Commandant at Charleston Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc2acb7e-4ab5-0a50-e040-e00a18063320

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Letter to Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, Commandant at Charleston