Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Boone, Martin March 6, 1781
Revwar - Letters 
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From Vol. VII Of Papers Of Nathanael Greene, Page 406-407:
	“From Colonel Otho Williams, Martin Boon’s, 7 miles east of Colonel 
Paisley’s, [NC], 6th March 1781.
Dear General, Ever proud of your esteem, I was perhaps too tenacious of your 
approbation, and therefore suspiciously interrogated Major Burnet respecting 
your sentiments of my conduct. Conscious of having done everything in my power, 
I was only apprehensive that there might appear to you a seeming delay in our 
passing the river…”

	“We moved about three miles last evening. The British Army, about seven 
miles off, remains where it was. While Lord Cornwallis keeps his present 
position, like a bear with his stern in a corner, I cannot attack him, but at 
tooth and nail. We have two days provisions and are ready for action. General 
Pickens has informed you that our riflemen abandon us daily. The sooner we can 
have a field day after your forces are collected, the better. I am, dear 
General, with the greatest respect and esteem, most truly yours. O. H. 
Williams. ALS (MiU-C).”


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