Letter to [Lt. Col. George Campbell, Georgetown?]

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{"value"=>"279695", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15491", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"Jan. 25, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-01-25"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Letter to [Lt. Col. George Campbell, Georgetown?]"}
physdesc
{"value"=>"Transcript of L. S. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Notifies him of Lt. Col. [Banastre] Tarleton's having received a check in advancing on the 17th [Battle of Cowpens]: advises him so as to guard against exaggerated and malevolent reports and to repress any rising; General Greene at present in the Cheraws, east of Pedee; instructs him to send out small parties to harrass the enemy, to send out frequent cavalry patrols and to preserve communications with the writer; to secure provisions in his redoubt; has instructed Captain Saunders of the Queens Rangers to report [to Campbell]; asks information as to Major [James Henry] Craig's expedition, and encloses a cypher for communications."}
origination
{"value"=>"Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823 (Charlestown, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1781
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1781
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1781-01-25
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1781-01-25
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1781-01-25

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