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.

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)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145916

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Bowie, John,

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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...