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British general (1738–1805) who served in America from 1776 to his surrender at Yorktown in 1781. Revolutionary War–dated LS signed “Cornwallis,” one page, 7.75 x 8.75, Charleston, June 28, 1780. In part: “You are hereby directed and required to pay…Captain Erasmus Corbet of the 17th regiment of Light Dragoons the sum of two hundred pounds sterling being an account of the subsistence of a detachment of the…regiment under his command, which sum is to be hereafter stopped from the subsistence of the said regiment.” Several folds and creases, and a few stains to the right edge, otherwise fine condition. This dates to about one month after the British capture of Charleston, South Carolina, when the six-week siege finally resulted in victory on May 12, 1780, forcing Benjamin Lincoln to surrender the city and over 5,000 troops—the largest surrender of an American armed force until 1862. After Sir Henry Clinton returned to New York, Cornwallis remained in command and was tasked with holding British positions in the South while attempting to take North Carolina. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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