Letters to Captain John Bowie of South Carolina from General Andrew Williamson and others 1776-1780

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Letters to Captain John Bowie of South Carolina from General Andrew Williamson and others 1776-1780

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/354

This collection contains sixty-three letters to Captain John Bowie of South Carolina, commandant at Fort Independence and elsewhere, from General Andrew Williamson of Georgia and other individuals. The letters were written between 1776 and 1780 and concern military matters. They are mounted in an old volume of Senate documents and selections were printed in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 4, pages 83-92 and 116-127

.23 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313351

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Williamson, Andrew, 1730-1786

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Army officer. From the description of Andrew Williamson correspondence, 1779 May 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981563 Brigadier General in Continental Army during American Revolution; born, ca. 1730, in Scotland; married Elizabeth Tyler; joined S.C. Militia 1760; served in "Snow Campaign," 1775; led 2nd Cherokee expedition, 1776, ambused at Esseneca; signed treaty acquiring large land cession from Indians, 1777. Commanded S.C. Militia in Robert...

Bowie, John

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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000389.0x000383 Epithet: of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000389.0x000384 ...