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Title:
PRO 30/55/016/054 - Autograph Letter from Prevost to Sir Henry Clinton
Date:
1779
Language:
English
Date from:
1779-04-16
Date to:
1779-04-16
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/016/054
Full Description:
Prevost to Clinton. Savannah. Disagreeable position owing to want of money and provisions. Rice being a food that troops take with great reluctance, and the want of kettles. Live stock greatly reduced. Asks for money, orders and instructions. Necessity for horsemen. Sends accounts of expenditures. Captains' Murray and Bruere have leave of absence. Reports of the severe treatment of the Loyalists [by the American Patriots], and [John] Stuart's death.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16265164
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_16_54