ALS, 1782 January 22 : Walthon's, 5 miles below Ebenezer, to General Barnwell or Officer Comm[andin]g the troops near the Savannah.

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ALS, 1782 January 22 : Walthon's, 5 miles below Ebenezer, to General Barnwell or Officer Comm[andin]g the troops near the Savannah.

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After reconnoitering the enemy, Wayne realizes all supplies must be drawn from Carolina, and requests rice and corn be sent, with "negroes with some carpenters to repair the road and bridges ... always giving certificates for every article you take ... also for the time of service for such carriages and negroes ..." Later that night was a major skirmish with 300 Creek Indians.

4 p. ; 21 x 17 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Barnwell, Robert, 1761-1814

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Robert Gibbes Barnwell (December 21, 1761 – October 24, 1814) was a South Carolina slave owner, revolutionary and statesman who was a delegate to the Confederation Congress and a United States Congressman. Born in Beaufort in the Province of South Carolina, his education was by a private tutor after he had exhausted the resources of the Beaufort common school. He interrupted his education to enter the South Carolina Militia as a private. After nearly losing his life at the Battle of Mathews' ...

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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