Letter to Daniel Horry from Charles Lee, June 14, 1776
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Letter to Daniel Horry from Charles Lee, June 14, 1776
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Date
06/14/1776
11/01/2016 (date digital)
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Description
June 14 letter by Charles Lee to Horry, regarding concerns over the safety of the fort and garrison on Sullivans Island.
31 cm x 24 cm
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Horry, Daniel, 1735-1785
Poston, Kristina (digital assistant)
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Ms. 84, Daniel Horry Correspondence, 1776
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chls:493
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[MS84, From General Charles Lee to Daniel Horry, letter 1 and Transcript-Handwritten]
[Letter] Charleston y 14 August 1776
Sir
I consider the safety of the fort& Garrison on Sullivan’s Island, as entirely depending on your post and on the trinity[?] and vigilance of the corps rifle men extending from the left of your post, along the creek that separates Sullivan’s Island from the continent. This corps, I would still further reinforce, but have it not at present in my power, they are however so formidable a body of men that with your spirit and industry there is the greatest probability that they will be able to [illegible] if not totally defeat [MS torn][an]y attempts of the enemy on that side.
As the old field where you are stationed (if I recollect right) afford [illegible] shelter for the rifle men. I would recommend it to you immediately to [MS torn illegible] it with a number of small trenches at the distance of sixty or seventy yards one in the rear of the other, they should be shallow and the dirt thrown outward and towards the enemy, as other ways, when [disposed] of the would serve the enemy for protection as well as they have done for your own people. I desire that you’ll be very punctual in making a reportt [sic] when anything extraordinary happens and constant in making returns of your own corps.
I am Sir, Your most obt. humble Servant,
To Col. Horry
Charles Lee
Hatterals Point
[Letter] Charleston y 14 August 1776
Sir
I consider the safety of the fort& Garrison on Sullivan’s Island, as entirely depending on your post and on the trinity[?] and vigilance of the corps rifle men extending from the left of your post, along the creek that separates Sullivan’s Island from the continent. This corps, I would still further reinforce, but have it not at present in my power, they are however so formidable a body of men that with your spirit and industry there is the greatest probability that they will be able to [illegible] if not totally defeat [MS torn][an]y attempts of the enemy on that side.
As the old field where you are stationed (if I recollect right) afford [illegible] shelter for the rifle men. I would recommend it to you immediately to [MS torn illegible] it with a number of small trenches at the distance of sixty or seventy yards one in the rear of the other, they should be shallow and the dirt thrown outward and towards the enemy, as other ways, when [disposed] of the would serve the enemy for protection as well as they have done for your own people. I desire that you’ll be very punctual in making a reportt [sic] when anything extraordinary happens and constant in making returns of your own corps.
I am Sir, Your most obt. humble Servant,
To Col. Horry
Charles Lee
Hatterals Point
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Citation
Lee, Charles, 1731-1782, “Letter to Daniel Horry from Charles Lee, June 14, 1776,” Charleston Library Society Digital Collections, accessed April 30, 2024, https://charlestonlibrarysociety.omeka.net/items/show/1222.