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Title:
PRO 30/55/012/051 - Autograph Letter
Date:
1778
Language:
English
Date from:
1778-09-18
Date to:
1778-09-18
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/012/051
Full Description:
Annexed letter from Cambridge. Memorial, end wanting. Summoned commanding officers of Brunswick troops and thanks are given with four particulars for consideration on troops passing through in 1776 getting a blanket and cap which were gratefully received; for the severe cold in Canada, each man was to be given a long blanket coat, pair of long breeches, cap covering shoulders and a pair of gloves for men sleeping on bare boards or bad straw, would like to get a mattress stuffed with straw; a return of necessities which Mister Clarke could procure from New York.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16265567
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_12_51