Letter of Lord Charles Cornwallis [manuscript], 1780 September 24.

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Letter of Lord Charles Cornwallis [manuscript], 1780 September 24.

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Cornwallis writes to Major James Moncrief, the British engineering officer in charge of defense works at Charleston, S.C., urging him to return to Charleston as soon as possible because a French attack from the West Indies is expected.

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Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

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Governor General of India and British army officer. From the description of Papers of Charles Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis, 1614-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068310 British general; second in command in North America during Revolution, surrendered to Washington at Yorktown. Later governor-general of India. From the description of Proclamation, 1781 March 18, North Carolina. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156104 Charle...

Moncrief, James, 1744-1793,

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