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Letter to Sir Guy Carleton [New York]

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General Leslie's Letterbook

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Title
Letter to Sir Guy Carleton [New York]
Names
Leslie, Alexander, approximately 1740-1794 (Author)
Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

General Leslie's Letterbook

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1782-07-19
Place: Charles Town, 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: 4 pp. Fo
Description
He hourly expects the return of the fleet from Savannah; he desired Capt. Swiney to use part of the shipping for the transport of 2,000 negroes to Jamaica, in compliance with the interests of the inhabitants, and because of a threatened scarcity of provisions in Florida; he urged the immediate return of the vessels after this service, intimating the purposed evacuation of Charles Town; he desires instructions in case a similar requisition for transport to the West Indies should be made when this post is quitted; he ordered the Florida Rangers to disembark here, owing to the conditions under which they were raised; the vessels returning from St. Augustine will be held ready at this place for further orders; fifteen or twenty thousand tons of shipping will be necessary for the evacuation, and the embarkation will take four or five weeks; Lieut. Cols. Balfour and Crugar, and Capt. Barry of the 52d Regiment have leave to go to New York; he has appointed Lieut. Col. [Isaac] Allen of the New Jersey Volunteers to succeed Balfour as commandant of Charles-Town; Gen. Greene has been joined by three hundred men under Pickins, the militia have been ordered to assemble, and boats are collecting on the Ashley. Copy. Endorsed.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 15616
Archives EAD ID: 279821
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4d47f090-6a3e-0139-a6b2-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1740: Creator Born
  • 1782: 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 Guy Carleton [New York]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1782. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c02c9a3b-6773-7080-e040-e00a180631aa

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Sir Guy Carleton [New York]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 30, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c02c9a3b-6773-7080-e040-e00a180631aa

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1782). Letter to Sir Guy Carleton [New York] Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c02c9a3b-6773-7080-e040-e00a180631aa

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Letter to Sir Guy Carleton [New York]