Benjamin Lincoln papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; United States. Continental Army. Southern Dept.; History
Description: Journal (1 volume; 1778 October 3-December 1) describing Lincoln's travels from New York to take command of the Southern Dept., Continental Army, at Charleston, S.C.; journal (2 volume, original and contemporary copy; 1779 September 3-October 19) of the siege of Savannah, Ga., detailing military preparations; and correspondence, certificates, receipt, petition, and extract.  Persons mentioned in the journals include Charles Henri d'Estaing, Lachlan McIntosh, and Kazimierz Pułaski.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available in part, no. 16,293.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975.

Gift, Simon Gratz, 1924.

Purchase, 1920-1931.

U.S. secretary of war and army officer and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009126