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Title
Letter to Sir Henry Clinton
Names
Leslie, Alexander, approximately 1740-1794 (Author)
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

General Leslie's Letterbook

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1780-06-01
Place: Charlestown, 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: 2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. Fo
Description
The general and field officers assembled to consider the application of the effects captured during the present expedition, find that no immediate partition can be made, because of the time necessary for ascertaining the claims of individuals, but they recommend that all such effects be put under custody of responsible persons, in order that strict justice may be done to the proprietors and a proper arrangement made for the distribution of the whole. Copy. With a warrant by Sir Henry Clinton, Charlestown, June 3, appointing Maj. James Moncrieff, Lieut. Gratton, Robert Henry Powell, and -- -- Greenwood trustees in accordance with the above report; effects to be stored in the house of J. Rutledge. Copy.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 15674
Archives EAD ID: 279879
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): be025d40-6a3e-0139-0eff-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1740: Creator Born
  • 1780: Created
  • 1794: Creator Died
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Sir Henry Clinton" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bde70795-9d54-4691-e040-e00a18066b09

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Sir Henry Clinton" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bde70795-9d54-4691-e040-e00a18066b09

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1780). Letter to Sir Henry Clinton Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bde70795-9d54-4691-e040-e00a18066b09

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Sir Henry Clinton