John F. Grimke correspondence, 1776-1778, undated

Letters to and from John F. Grimke on mostly military matters include many with General Robert Howe re a contrite soldier who went absent without leave at Ft. Johnson (1776); supplies needed for military operations near Sunbury, Georgia and St. Augustine, Florida (1778); a vessel seized by Howe for military use in Georgia; and Howe's later (1779) military service near West Point, mentioning his love of Carolina. Other Howe materials include a letter (1778) of his to Capt. Warley re combat near Ebenezer, Georgia, and materials addressed to Grimke regarding the "matter of honor" (duel) between Howe and Christopher Gadsden. Undated fragments refer to shipments of supplies, including rice, and a needed quota of "negroes" recommended to be taken from plantations of Mrs. Colleton, John and James Smyth, Sir John Nesbitt, or Elias Ball. Many of the letters have typed transcripts available.