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Letter from Henry Clinton and Marriott Arbuthnot to Benjamin Lincoln
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795; Arbuthnot, Marriott, 1711?-1794
May 12, 1780
Volume 14, Page 814

[Letters of Genls. Lee, Lincoln & Moultrie, No. 158, p. 436.]

Camp before Charlestown,
May the 12th, 1780.

Sir:

Major Andre, Dy. Adj. Genl., is appointed to confer with Lt. Col. Ternant on the matter you Desire to have explained, & to agree upon the place to which your troops shall be conducted.

We have the honor to be, Sir, &c.,
H. CLINTON.
MT. ARBUTHNOT.
Major General Lincoln.