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Confidential letter from Clinton to Lord Germain 1780
Savannah letter dated January 30 1780 details British strategy against New York and Charleston with references to Washington Sullivan and d Estaing. It discusses troop strength supply lines refugee labor and fortifications at Brooklyn Governor’s Island and Sandy Hook plus the potential use of enslaved Blacks in Carolina defenses and the impact of Continental and French naval actions on planned operations.
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