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Lot 8
Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Jun 15, 2023
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Jun 16, 2023
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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR - SIEGE OF CHARLESTON]. ALLEN, William (1704-1780). Autograph letter signed ("William Allen"), to Cyprian Stormy[?]. Morris-Town, [NJ], 4 April 1780.
1 page, 8vo, some browning and a few stains.
William Allen, Mayor of Philadelphia and Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania, was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War. He writes: "By intelligence from New York we know that an embarkation of 4000 troops is going on with a possible expedition, their destination unknown, tho they have given out that they are Bound to South Carolina."
The Siege of Charleston, fought in Charles Town between March 29 and May 12, 1780, was a major British victory during the Revolutionary War, representing one of the worst American defeats of the war.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents