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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02549.14 |
| From Archive Folder | David and Isabella Dundas letters |
| Title | David Dundas to James Dundas with news on friends and family and a discussion of the Battle of Camden |
| Date | 9 October 1780 |
| Author | Dundas, David, Sir, Bart (1749-1826) |
| Recipient | Dundas, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Extends wishes for their mother's recovery, comments on his wife's improving health from sea bathing, and provides other family news. Reports hearing that Lord North received a message about Lord Cornwallis being attacked by General Horatio Gates. Explains news that Cornwallis repelled the attack, killed many, took 1,000 prisoners, and captured American artillery equipment. Suggests that "Gates thinking to circumvent him as he had done to Genl Burgoign [Burgoyne] had detached 1500 to attack him in the rear, they were received by Col Tarleton...who totally defeated them." The battle described was the Battle of Camden in South Carolina in August 1780. The defeat of Burgoyne referenced was the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. |
| Subjects | Battle of Camden Global History and Civics Children and Family Health and Medical Women's History Battle of Saratoga Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Death Prisoner of War Artillery Battle |
| People | Dundas, David, Sir (1749-1826) Dundas, James (1752-1831) |
| Place written | Richmond London, England |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Sir David Dundas, 1st Bart of Richmond, was a doctor who was appointed Sergeant Surgeon to King George III in 1791. James Dundas was a lawyer in Edinburgh, Scotland, and David's younger brother. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |