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Troops deserting General Greene's army...
Troops deserting General Greene's army...
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June 08, 1782
THE ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE, London, June 8, 1782
* Revolutionary War Era
* 18th century
* From The Enemy
The front page has most of the first column taken up with a report from the South Carolina Gazette. This was the work of Col. Enoch Ward and his Carteret County Militia encountering Loyalists aboard ships looking for foraging supplies.
The back page has reports concerning troop evacuations from Charleston, as well as a report: "...that such number of the American army had deserted as to alarm General Greene, who thought it prudent to retire farther from the English quarters...a body of 170 of the Pennsylvania troops which had agreed to join the British standard..." and much more. There is also mention that: "Paul Jones's squadron in the West Indies consists of 7 very stout frigates..." being the famed John Paul Jones.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, red tax stamp on the front page, some loss to the bottom potion of the spine, a bit irregular at the spine.
Category: Revolutionary War
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