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REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. GREENE, NATHANIEL, Major General, Continental Army . Autograph letter signed ("NathGreene") to Lt. Col. Edward Carrington, Charles Town, 9 August 1783, one page, folio, small fold separation invisibly repaired from verso, minor marginal stain , "Capt. Smith of the South Carolina line exhibits a note of hand against the public signed by Capt. Neal of the Legion for a balance due for a horse which Capt. Neal got of Capt. Smith for the use of the Legion. You will give Capt. Smith in the settlement worth for any purchases he may have made of public property in your department credit for the amount of the Note and this may be your Voucher...."--CLINTON, HENRY, British Commander in Chief . Letter signed ("H Clinton") to Major General Benjamin Lincoln, 4 September 1780, one page, folio, docket on verso . A RARE LETTER BETWEEN COMBATANTS: "In consequence of General Washington's Acquiescence in the Meeting proposed, General Phillips will be at Elizabeth Town on the 19th Instant, whither the Two Gentlemen of your Family may attend you as you desire...". Lincoln was on parole after his surrender of Charleston in May; the meeting referred to in this letter was preparatory to his exchange for the captured British General William Phillips and the German Baron F.A. Riedesel--SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN Major General, Continental Army . Autograph letter signed ("Ph. Schuyler") to Sir William Johnson Superintendent of Indian affairs, Albany, 4 May 1770, 3 pages, folio, docket on verso of second leaf, silked, repair to central fold, minor fold separation, one or two tiny holes . Discussing the British Colonel John Bradstreet's "Indian deed" and vehemently defending himself against Johnson's accusations that he had "evinced a spirit of opposition to 'You and Your Interest on many occasions'. This sin is a charge of so general a nature as to render it impossible for one to defend myself in any other way than by a general denial of it...," insisting that he had "entertained not only favorable but also friendly and very honorable sentiments of [Johnson] and of [his] publick conduct until very, very lately ," and attributing his recent change of sentiment to Johnson's involvement in a "transaction...in which...a very near relation of mine [was] extremely ill used...."--ARMSTRONG, JOHN, Jr., Senator . Autograph letter signed ("J.Armstrong") to Horatio Gates, Major General of the Continental Army, Saw Kill [New York], 4 February 1796, 3 pages, folio, address panel in Armstrong's hand, silked, a few unobtrusive repairs touching 7 letters, slight fold separation . Thanking Gates for his offer to help sell a tract of Armstrong's land, and criticizing former Secretary of State Edmund Randolph's recently published Vindication : "I have read it...with much attention... The effect has been to degrade the author to a very low place in my estimation. The work is neither logical, eloquent, nor ingenious....however...if it is ruinous to himself, it is also destructive to others, for he brings the whole administration down with him...What a miserable figure in particular does our quondam acquaintance the Gen. [Washington] make! Disliking the treaty and yet predetermined to go with the Senate--setting out people to watch the stream of public opinion--and yet putting himself directly against the current...memorializing the British Court--and making up his memorials out of public newspapers-- These and many other things which I might mention--make but a beggarly account of empty noddles"--MCDOUGALL, ALEXANDER, Major General, Continental Army . Letter signed ("Alex. McDougall") to George Clinton, governor of New York, Head Quarters, Pecks Kill [i.e., Peekskill, N.Y.], 10 March 1779, 2 pages, 4to, integral blank leaf with recipient's docket, tiny holes at fold intersections, foxing . A hurried request for permission to appoint Nathaniel Foster as Commissaire of Purchase, written 2 weeks before the successful raid by British troops under Col. Bird. "My