Marion, Francis, 1732-1795. Francis Marion papers, 1761-1962.
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Francis Marion papers, 1761-1962.
Including 3 letters, 26 July 1776, 18 Jan. 1781, and 24 Aug. 1789, Sullivan's Island, Snow's Island, and Fort Johnson, S.C., to Col. William Moultrie, Gen. Nathanael Greene, and Maj. Albert A. Muller, re food, supplies, retreat of the enemy to Georgetown, S.C., skirmish at Wright's Bluff, S.C., procuring horses, military commissions, and reestablishing local inhabitants; payroll, 1 Aug.-1 Nov. 1779, for Second Regiment of S.C., of Continental Army. Letter, 16 Jan. 1781, Snow's Island, S.C., to Capt. John Postell, re location of British in Georgetown, S.C., reinforcements, seizing loyalists as prisoners, defense of Black River, S.C., naval support, breaking off communication, and troop movements; letter, 6 Feb. 1781, Forks of Black River, S.C., to Brig. Gen. Isaac Huger, re troop movements, militia, attack at Camden, S.C., movements of troops lead by Gen. Nathanael Green, and fear of British destruction of property. Letter, 5 Apr. 1782, to Gen. Nathanael Greene, re troop movements; letter, 5 Apr. 1782, Lenud's Ferry, S.C., to Col. Hezekiah Maham, re troop movements, correspondence with Gen. Nathanael Greene or Col. John Laurens, and relocation of Maham's troops; commission, 12 Apr. 1782, signed by B. Lincoln, appointing Marion as Lieut.-Col., Commandant of the Second South Carolina Regiment in the Army of the United States; letter, 13 Aug. 1782, Georgetown, S.C., to Gen. Nathanael Greene, re Wadboo Plantation near Strawberry Ferry. Bond, 1 Jan. 1787, of Marion as executor of Anthony Ashley's Berkeley County estate and Keating and James Simons, merchants of Charleston, S.C.; affidavit, 29 Apr. 1790, Charleston, S.C., re seizure of slaves by Federal officers; biographical account, 1761-1767, re Job Marion; orders, 7 June 1790, Columbia, S.C., from Charles Pinckney, re payment to Marion for his services at the Constitutional Convention; letter, 8 Nov. 1794, to "Master" Francis Marion, Stratford, Conn., encouraging his studies. Also including biographical sketch, July 1858, by Benson J[ohn] Lossing; leaflet, 1962, re Belle Isle Gardens, S.C., original home of Francis Marion; undated newspaper clippings, from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine;" and bibliography of materials in Francis Marion's library.
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