Original Papers Relating to the Siege of Charleston, 1780

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Excerpt from Original Papers Relating to the Siege of Charleston, 1780: Mostly Selected From the Papers of General Benjamin Lincoln, in the Thomas Addis Emmet Collection, Lenox Library, New York, and Now First Published The price paid was something less than and one of the conditions was that the collection should be kept together and known as the Emmet Collection in the new building soon to be erected for the Astor, Lenox and Tilden foundations. In making use of a portion of these rare, costly and most interesting papers, the Lincoln papers being only a small portion of the whole Library, every reader should recall the fact that to Thos. Addis Emmet, M. D., is due the high honor of creating this magnificent historical collection. Acknowledgments are due to the Directors of the New York Public Library for permission to photograph and copy such papers as were desired, and also to Mr. Eames, the most obliging Librarian, for his considerate assistance in promoting the necessary work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.