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Request for Returns

Two pages of multi-page document requests documents that will amend a situation. Carrington requests returns from the campaign of 1781. Carrington is certain that the troops in question in South Carolina were smaller than stated, and never visited any posts except Fort Motte, where Colonel Lee was. Officers in that army are considering giving a plain narrative of events to set the record straight, to do so they need the returns of the army relating to the campaign of 1781. Carrington requests that Knox send the returns and other papers needed.

Fragment of a letter; first page(s) missing.

Henry Knox

Edward Carrington

officers

troops

Colonel Lee

South Carolina

Fort Motte

War Office

returns

posts

army

plain narrative

copies of the returns of the army

campaign of 1781

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