Description: BATTLE OF COWPENS. The Battle of Cowpens was fought in Cherokee County, South Carolina on January 17, 1781 between American troops led by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British troops lead by Colonel Banastre Tarleton during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. It was an important American victory that forced General Charles Cornwallis to pull his troops out of South Carolina and move them farther north leading to the Battle of Yorktown that ended the war. RARE AND ORIGINAL APRIL 10, 1781 EDITION OF THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER NEWSPAPER PROVIDING EARLY AND IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE ON THE MOVEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH ARMIES AFTER THE BATTLE OF COWPENS Original April 10, 1781 edition of The Edinburgh Advertiser newspaper providing early and important intelligence on the movements of the American and British armies after the Battle of Cowpens on page 5: “from New York...Cornwallis had marched through Carolina, crossed Roanoak, arrived in Virginia, chasing before him Green, Sumpter, and Morgan & was within fifteen miles of Petersburgh. Arnold detached five hundred men...From the above very important intelligence...it may be reasonably concluded that the southern colonies will be in his Majesty’s peace this summer.”. In addition, there are several other important reports within the present newspaper that include the following: - Letter from Paris on page 3 reports that Benjamin Franklin plans to return home from France: “Dr. Franklin has paid off all his tradesmen’s bills and was preparing to depart from that city...to take him to America.”. - Letter from New York on page 3 reports that New Jersey Governor William Livington is being threatened to be axed to death by a group of murderers unless he releases three prisoners accused of treason: “Three men in New Jersey were apprehended and tried for trading with the people within the British lines of New York. The trial was before a kind of jury consisting of six men with a Major at their head. The culprits were convicted. The evening after this happened, some knocked at the door of the foresaid Major, who made his appearance; as soon as they were able to ascertain his identity, one of them split him down at a stroke with an axe, and laid him dead upon the spot. They then wrote an anonymous letter to Governor Livingston, informing him of the fact, and assuring him that he should soon undergo the same fate, unless he forthwith caused those three prisoners to be discharged. His meek Excellency, who was always as careful as other folks of his own personal safety, thought fit to comply, and the prisoners were emancipated.”. CONTAINS OTHER IMPORTANT REPORTS ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN RETURNING HOME FROM FRANCE AND THE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY BEING THREATENED TO BE AXED TO DEATH The newspaper was published in Scotland, contains 8 pages, measures 11.25” by 8.5”, and in overall fine condition. Intelligence regarding the Battle of Cowpens is rare and we were only able to locate one similar Cowpens report published in The Connecticut Courant and Weekly Intelligencer in February 1781 that sold for $687 at Bonhams in April 2016.
Price: 562.5 USD
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
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