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Battle of King's Mountain...
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December 07, 1780
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Dec. 7, 1780
* Battle of King's Mountain
* Revolutionary War original reading
Beginning at the bottom of the front page & taking most of page 2 are various reports headed "America" taken from Rivington's New York Royal Gazette, a Loyalist newspaper. It includes (on page 2): "...informed that an intimation of a general exchange of prisoners has, in Mr. Washington's public orders, been announced in the rebel army, the officers of which, at present our prisoners, have clamoured long & loudly against the Congress on account of the unreasonable time they have been permitted to remain unexchanged..." plus other items (see).
But the best item in this issue is a letter datelined: "Camp at Rocky River, Oct. 10, 1780" which gives the details of the King's Mountain in North Carolina in which a Loyalist force led by Major Patrick Ferguson is captured by a force of American frontiersmen. The loss of his Loyalist reinforcements convinces British General Cornwallis to abandon his invasion of North Carolina. This report is followed by yet another letter datelined "Camp, Yadkind Ford, Oct. 10" which simply makes the announcement: "With great satisfaction I inform you of the defeat of Mr. Ferguson on King's Mountain, 4 o'clock...the 17th ins. The particulars I enclose...". See the photos for the full text on this battle.
The back page has some nice reporting on the Revolutionary War (see photos).
Complete in 8 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, great condition.
wikipedia notes: The Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780, was a decisive Patriot victory in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Frontier militia loyal to the United States overwhelmed the Loyalist American militia led by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. In The Winning of the West, Theodore Roosevelt wrote of Kings Mountain, "This brilliant victory marked the turning point of the American Revolution." Thomas Jefferson called it, "The turn of the tide of success." Herbert Hoover's address at Kings Mountain said, "This is a place of inspiring memories. Here less than a thousand men, inspired by the urge of freedom, defeated a superior force intrenched in this strategic position. This small band of patriots turned back a dangerous invasion well designed to separate and dismember the united Colonies. It was a little army and a little battle, but it was of mighty portent. History has done scant justice to its significance, which rightly should place it beside Lexington, Bunker Hill, Trenton and Yorktown."
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