Index Entry | Country dance, metaphor of war, on potential fight with Cornwallis |
Location | Charlotte |
Citation | NYP-F.781.003 1 Feb 1781:23 (200) "Lord Cornwallis's aid, in a letter to Colonel Balfour, which was intercepted, says, "Charlotte is an agreeable village, but in a d--d rebellious country." "Oh! had we a well appointed, well disciplined permanent force, what a delightful back country dance we should have led his Lordship at Charlotte." |
Generic Title | New York Packet-Fishkill |
Date | 1781.02.01 |
Publisher | Loudon, Samuel |
City, State | Fishkill, NY |
Year | 1781 |
Bibliography | B0030941 |