William Moultrie Letters
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Title
William Moultrie Letters
Creator
Moultrie, William
Date
1776-1781
Subject
South Carolina -- History --Revolution, 1775-1783
Lee, Charles, 1731-1782.
Description
Letters written by William Moultrie during the American Revolutionary War on June 11, 1776. Includes Intel concerning the British army's landing at Bennett's Landing, letter thanking Lee for his orders and planning a route of retreat, responding to Lee's orders on deploying men, letter responding to Lee about reinforcements, letter of prisoner exchange, and letter containing intelligence gleaned from deserters from the British Army
Contributor
Sutton, Jack
Vories, Dylan
Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Charleston Library Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Special Collections Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Charleston Library Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Format
image/jpeg
Type
StillImage
Source
Ms. 113, William Moultrie letters, 1779-1781.
Language
English
Identifier
Ms113
Collection Items
Letter to Charles Lee from William Moultrie, June 11, 1776 at 12:00
Moultrie informs Charles Lee of the dispersement of troops in preparation for the enemy making landfall near Haddrell's Point.
Letter to Charles Lee from William Moultrie, June 11, 1776 at 8:30
Moultrie writes to Charles Lee delivering the information he recieved from Daniel Horry regarding the enemy being near to landing a few ships at Bennet's Landing, six miles from Haddrell's Point.
Letter to Charles Lee from William Moultrie, June 11, 1776 at 2:30
In this letter, Moultrie informs Charles Lee of a scouting party being unable to get close enough to discover the enemy camp and plans for retreat, if needed.