Letter to Barnard Elliott from Owen Roberts, December 9, 1776.
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Letter to Barnard Elliott from Owen Roberts, December 9, 1776.
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Date
1776-12-09
Description
Four letters to Lt. Col. Barnard Elliott between 1776 and 1777, regarding Revolutionary War. Also monthly return of artillery regiment that gives ranks of officers, dated November 1777.
2023-05-09
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Source
Ms. 137, Owen Roberts papers, 1776-1777.
Language
English
Identifier
Ms137Let3
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Transcription
Sir
In order that the Matter between us and the Company of Beau Fort may be set to rights, the President requests you will put off your journey untill Wednesday, by that time he will be inabled to satisfy himself & you fully relative to that Affair - But this Sir you have from one, That, should Mr. Joyner be intitled to command at Fort Lyttleton in preference to us, you are to order our People to Charlestown with the utmost speed - I am
Sir
Your
Most hble. Servt.
Ow. Roberts
Charlestown
9th Decem. 1776.
P.S.
[Blank]
Lt. Col. Elliott
of the Artillery
Files
[illegible]
Blanket
In order that the Matter between us and the Company of Beau Fort may be set to rights, the President requests you will put off your journey untill Wednesday, by that time he will be inabled to satisfy himself & you fully relative to that Affair - But this Sir you have from one, That, should Mr. Joyner be intitled to command at Fort Lyttleton in preference to us, you are to order our People to Charlestown with the utmost speed - I am
Sir
Your
Most hble. Servt.
Ow. Roberts
Charlestown
9th Decem. 1776.
P.S.
[Blank]
Lt. Col. Elliott
of the Artillery
Files
[illegible]
Blanket
Collection
Citation
Roberts, Owen, “Letter to Barnard Elliott from Owen Roberts, December 9, 1776.,” Charleston Library Society Digital Collections, accessed February 13, 2025, https://charlestonlibrarysociety.omeka.net/items/show/1436.