Letter, 1811 Sept. 11, Fort Johnson, S.C., to William Linnard, U.S. Military Agent, Philadelphia.

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Letter, 1811 Sept. 11, Fort Johnson, S.C., to William Linnard, U.S. Military Agent, Philadelphia.

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Letter describing damage done to the fort from recent storm and tornado, reporting, "if the tide had risen a few feet higher both batteries must inevitably have gone"; requesting that Linnard call upon the Secretary of War for permission to procure materials for rebuilding the wharf, as "the expense... far exceed[s] the limits of a commanding officer."

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Linnard, William, active 1863

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Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635

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Samuel de Champlain of Brouage, cartographer, explorer, and founder of Canada. Champlain discovered Mount Desert Island in 1604. He also laid the foundation of what became the first permenent French colony in America at Quebec. "Des Sauvages" was his first book descriptive both of his voyage and of the inhabitants of the St. Lawrence Valley in 1603. From the description of Des sauvages. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213496584 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...