Henry Clinton 1738 1795 English major general who succeeded Howe as commander in chief in North America captured Charleston in 1780 and resigned his post following a quarrel with Cornwallis. An outstanding manuscript copy of his letter to Lord George Germain 3pp 8vo headquarters James Island Mar. 9, 1780 In part My intention is to pass to the neck of Charlestown the Enemy have made the defence of that place their principles Object and land have collected their whole force to it General Knyphausen will not fail to send me succors from New York Clinton continues in great detail upon his plans to reinforced his estimate of the size of Continental forces his battle plans prisoner exchanges and so on Great historical content Possibly a retained copy certainly of the period