Benjamin Lincoln papers, 1778-1806.
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Mixed materialsDescription: 11 items; 1 container; 1 microfilm reel; 0.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
- McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806
- Pułaski, Kazimierz, 1747-1779
- United States. Continental Army. Southern Department
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Georgia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- Siege, 1779
- South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
- Army officers
- Cabinet officers
- Public officials -- Massachusetts
- Microfilm edition available in part, no. 16,293.
Open to research.
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.
Microfilm edition available in part, no. 16,293.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975.
U.S. secretary of war and army officer and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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