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{"value"=>"279778", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15573", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 15, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-04-15"}
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{"value"=>"Document"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"At a board of officers composed of Gens. Leslie, Gould, Stewart and Coates, and Lieut. Cols. Balfour and Moncrief a letter from the Commander-in-chief [Sir Henry Clinton] was considered, by which 2,000 men were ordered to prepare for withdrawal from Charles Town; a report from Lieut. Col. Moncrief on the state of the defences was also considered, and the board gave its opinion that any withdrawal of troops would be injurious, because of the extent of their posts, the necessity of a channel for provisions, the large proportion of foreign troops and the instances of desertion from the latter, the untrustworthiness of the refugee troops, the doubtful principles of the inhabitants, numbering 8,000; the condition of Savannah, and the expected reinforcement of the enemy from Virginia and the addition of a French Legion to their army. Copy."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Leslie, Alexander, ca. 1740 1794 (South Carolina)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Creator"}
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1782
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1782
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1782-04-15
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1782-04-15
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1782-04-15