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Title:
PRO 30/55/014/109 - Autograph Letter from Margaret Brush to Honorable Roger Morris
Date:
1779
Language:
English
Date from:
1779-01-20
Date to:
1779-01-20
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/014/109
Full Description:
Margaret Brush to Morris. New York. Memorial representing that since her husband's death in January 1778 she has had no other support for herself and daughter than the pay which remained due to him at the time of his death. They had intended to return to their former place in the county of Cumberland but by a series of misfortunes are unable to set out till the approach of summer. Requests such allowance of provisions as is granted to distressed refugees. At the foot is a note by Mayor D. Matthews stating, 'I think Mrs Brush entitled to every indulgence the government can show her on account of her deceased husband's sufferings'.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16254089
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_14_109