[Letterbook of Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, British Commandant of Charleston, S.C. : Charleston, S.C. 1 Jan. - 1 Dec. 1781]

[Letterbook of Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, British Commandant of Charleston, S.C. : Charleston, S.C. 1 Jan. - 1 Dec. 1781]

Charleston [S.C.], 1781.

46 letters in 1 v. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

MSS L2001F617

(OCoLC)48760120

Most in a single, unidentified secretarial hand and signed N. B.; 3 are in a different hand, possibly that of Balfour himself, and signed N. Balfour.
Correspondents: Benedict Arnold (2 letters), Sir Henry Clinton (18 letters), Lord Sackville, Secretary of State (12 letters), Sir James Wright, British governor of Georgia (4 letters), and others.
Context: Sir Henry Clinton captured Charleston in January, 1780; and Balfour, appointed commandant six months later, played a strategic role in evaluating and transmitting information, money, and supplies north to Clinton and south to Tarleton during the southern campaign, many details of which are recorded here.
Includes reports of actions by Americans Light Horse Harry Lee, General Nathanael Greene, Francis Marion, and Daniel Morgan; and British officers Col. Cruger, Col. Brown, Cornwallis, Tarleton, Rawdon and others.
For bookseller's digest of contents, see case file.
Watermarks: Britannia and JC within double-ringed circle.
Marbled wrappers with partial title label on front cover.
For digitized version online, see URL.

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