Letter from Jethro Sumner to Horatio Gates
Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785September 13,
1780
Volume 14, Pages 611-612
GENL. JETHRO SUMNER TO MAJ. GENL. GATES.
At Conrad Creek, Rowan County, Sept. 13th, 1780. ten O Clock.
Sir:
A party of Light Horse of this County, under the Command of Capt. Herrick, having pursued some Tories going to the Enemy,
defeated them at Mask ferry on Peedee the 10th instant, killed a number of them & took Eleven prisoners, among whom there's a Light Dragoon of the British Legion sent into Montgomery County for Recruiting the 25th August: I think some usefull intelligences of the Movements of the Enemy may be had from him, & for that purpose ordered him immediately to Hillsborough to you: the prisoner's name is Daniel McDonald, a Sergeant of Dragoons.I am, with the highest esteem, Sir,
Yr mozt Obdt Servt,
Yr mozt Obdt Servt,
JETHRO SUMNER.
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