ALS, 1779 August 11 : Philadelphia, to James Smith, York Town.

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ALS, 1779 August 11 : Philadelphia, to James Smith, York Town.

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Speaks of recent military events. "The English Fleet defeated, Grenada taken ... Count D'Estaing having gone to St. Kitts in Pursuit of Byron ... All is despondency & Terror at New York. Clinton is gone Home."

2 p. ; 30 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6823243

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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