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    <title>Benjamin Lincoln papers, 1778-1806</title>
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    <namePart>Lincoln, Benjamin</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1733-1810</namePart>
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  <abstract>Journal (1 volume; 1778 October 3-December 1) describing Lincoln's travels from New York to take command of the Southern Dept., Continental Army, at Charleston, S.C.; journal (2 volume, original and contemporary copy; 1779 September 3-October 19) of the siege of Savannah, Ga., detailing military preparations; and correspondence, certificates, receipt, petition, and extract.  Persons mentioned in the journals include Charles Henri d'Estaing, Lachlan McIntosh, and Kazimierz Pułaski.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Microfilm edition available in part, no. 16,293.</note>
  <note>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975.</note>
  <note>U.S. secretary of war and army officer and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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      <namePart>Estaing, Charles Henri</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1729-1794</namePart>
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      <namePart>McIntosh, Lachlan</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1725-1806</namePart>
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      <namePart>Pułaski, Kazimierz</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1747-1779</namePart>
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      <namePart>Continental Army.</namePart>
      <namePart>Southern Department.</namePart>
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    <geographic>Charleston (S.C.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Georgia</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>New York (State)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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    <geographic>Savannah (Ga.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Siege, 1779</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>South Carolina</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Cabinet officers</occupation>
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