Draper Manuscripts: Thomas Sumter Papers, 1763-1885

Container Title
Series: 6 VV (Volume 6)
Scope and Content Note: Papers pertaining to military engagements of 1781, such as Stirrup Branch, defeats suffered by Charles S. Myddelton and Richard Hampton, the Juniper Springs ambush, the siege of Ninety-Six, and Cedar Creek. Copies of correspondence of Nathanael Greene, Richard Harrison, Francis Marion, John Rutledge, and Sumter were transcribed from publications and from manuscripts which Draper located in other libraries or in private ownership. Some letters and notes relate especially to other participants and their families: James and William Clark; Dager, a black; John Fisher, a Loyalist; John Langford; Henry Lyon; William Lyons; John Price; James Rembert; Jane Swann; William Thomson; and William Vaughn.