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Letter to Col. Elijah Clark [Wilkes Co., Ga.]

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Title
Letter to Col. Elijah Clark [Wilkes Co., Ga.]
Names
Pickens, Andrew (Author)
Clark, Elijah (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

Lossing's Field Book of Revolution

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1782-01-25
Place: Long Cane, 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. 2 pp. 4o
Description
States that the late tour in the Cherokee country was not very successful owing to the Tories under Col. Williams and others; one of their prisoners had escaped and reported that all the other prisoners had been given up to the Indians who had killed 12; unless some active measures are taken against the Cherokees and Tories the country must be abandoned; has written to Gov. Rutledge and proposed a plan which he approves: has also written to Cols. Sevier and Shelby, to march against the Chickamaugas, and to the Cols. of Burk and Rutherford counties to march through the middle settlements and make a junction with the people by the next February; he will start at that time with provisions and pack horses; asks Col. Clark to join them.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 6670
Archives EAD ID: 277727
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d6097300-6a3d-0139-6c67-0242ac110002
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Item timeline of events

  • 1782: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Col. Elijah Clark [Wilkes Co., Ga.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1782. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc2acb7e-4aed-0a50-e040-e00a18063320

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Col. Elijah Clark [Wilkes Co., Ga.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 24, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc2acb7e-4aed-0a50-e040-e00a18063320

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1782). Letter to Col. Elijah Clark [Wilkes Co., Ga.] Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc2acb7e-4aed-0a50-e040-e00a18063320

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Letter to Col. Elijah Clark [Wilkes Co., Ga.]