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Title:
PRO 30/55/016/160 - Autograph Letter from Alida Armstrong
Date:
1779
Language:
English
Date from:
1779-05-31
Date to:
1779-05-31
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/016/160
Full Description:
Alida Armstrong, refugee. Memorial to the Commander-in-Chief. That when Burgoyne's army came to Fort Edward in 1777, her husband procurred provisions, that they were deprived of their goods and obliged to leave their property. That her husband's labour is insufficient to procure subsistence, begs allowances of rations and fuel (as many of better circumstances have long had). Endorsed 1779, May, approved.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16265270
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_16_160