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Title:
PRO 30/55/001/043 - Autograph Letter from Dartmouth to Major General Howe
Date:
1775
Language:
English
Date from:
1775-09-15
Date to:
1775-09-15
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/001/043
Full Description:
Dartmouth to Howe. Enclosing extracts of two letters from Governor Martin of North Carolina. Regarding his having been driven on board HMS 'Cruizen' on the Cape Fear River, after the burning down of Fort Johnson by the [king's] rebellious subjects . Recommendation that 10,000 stand of arms and six light field pieces be sent to reduce the Carolinas to obedience, and prevent Virginia from sending auxilliary troops to the northern colonies.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C15723564
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_1_43