Francis Marion Correspondence

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Title

Francis Marion Correspondence

Creator

Marion, Francis

Date

1780-1789

Subject

South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Military supplies.
Bacon Bridge (S.C.)

Description

Letters written by Francis Marion during the American Revolutionary War, 1780-1781. Includes a report from Bacon Bridge regarding injuries and casualties, orders to Lt. Taylor about gathering intelligence and traveling to Dorchester, orders to confiscate property from Loyalists, a report in which Muller is transferred the returns of the regiments of four colonels, another discussion of the returns, with Marion reporting he could find no error in the paperwork, more orders regarding commissions--Col. Henry is to be sent 60 apiece and the rest get 40-- and a roll of Samuel Benton's Regiment by rank

Contributor

Taylor, Peter
Jones, John Paul
Muller, Albert A.

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. 104, Francis Marion Correspondence, 1780-1789

Language

English

Identifier

Ms104

Collection Items

Return, Samuel Benton’s Regiment, September 22, 1788
Roll of Samuel Benton's Regiment by rank

Letter to Albert A. Muller from Francis Marion, September 3, 1789
More orders regarding commissions--Col. Henry is to be sent 60 apiece and the rest get 40

Letter to Albert A. Muller from Francis Marion, October 30, 1788
Another discussion of the returns, with Marion reporting he could find no error in the paperwork

Letter to Albert A. Muller from Francis Marion, September 20, 1788
Muller is transferred the returns of the regiments of four colonels

Letter to John Palmer Jones from Francis Marion, August 1781
Orders to confiscate property from Loyalists

Letter to Peter Taylor from Francis Marion, July 28, 1781
Orders to Lt. Taylor about gathering intelligence and traveling to Dorchester

Letter from Francis Marion, March 8, 1780
A report from Bacon Bridge regarding injuries and casualties
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