Letter to General Lee from Daniel Horry, August 4, 1776
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Letter to General Lee from Daniel Horry, August 4, 1776
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Date
08/04/1776
11/01/2016 (date digital)
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Description
August 4 letter by Horry at Haddrell's Point camp to Lee regarding camp lodging.
20 cm x 16.5 cm
Contributor
Lee, Charles, 1731-1782
Poston, Kristina (digital assistant)
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Ms. 84, Daniel Horry Correspondence, 1776
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chls:495
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[MS84, From Daniel Horry to General Lee, letter 3 and Transcript-Handwritten]
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Daniel Horry to Gen. Lee To his Excell Y General Lee Charlestown
[Letter] Camp on Hatterals Point 4th August 1776
Dear General,
I am sorry and surprised that any person could have informed your excellency that I had taken Scotts house. I have always been satisfied and happy in my own tent and never assumed a mansion in camp. It was General Armstrongs opinion that as we has only twenty artillery ^[illegible] which are the only provincials here and that the militia would in all probability be discharged in a day or two, it would be better to save the colony the house next of the blue house and therefore the sick in the hospital, which were only two men, to the yellow house, where they have plenty of room. [illegible] give up Wm. Scotts House, but if it is thought necessary and the preference given to that hO it may be taken at any time.
I am with great respect yr excellYS
Ob. Hum Servt.
Daniel Horry
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Daniel Horry to Gen. Lee To his Excell Y General Lee Charlestown
[Letter] Camp on Hatterals Point 4th August 1776
Dear General,
I am sorry and surprised that any person could have informed your excellency that I had taken Scotts house. I have always been satisfied and happy in my own tent and never assumed a mansion in camp. It was General Armstrongs opinion that as we has only twenty artillery ^[illegible] which are the only provincials here and that the militia would in all probability be discharged in a day or two, it would be better to save the colony the house next of the blue house and therefore the sick in the hospital, which were only two men, to the yellow house, where they have plenty of room. [illegible] give up Wm. Scotts House, but if it is thought necessary and the preference given to that hO it may be taken at any time.
I am with great respect yr excellYS
Ob. Hum Servt.
Daniel Horry
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Citation
Horry, Daniel, 1735-1785, “Letter to General Lee from Daniel Horry, August 4, 1776,” Charleston Library Society Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://charlestonlibrarysociety.omeka.net/items/show/1223.