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Title:
PRO 30/55/018/016 - Autograph Letter from W Phillips to General Sir Henry Clinton
Date:
1779
Language:
English
Date from:
1779-08-07
Date to:
1779-08-07
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/018/016
Full Description:
Phillips to Clinton. Charlottesville. Regarding the liquidation of accounts on the account of an American Commissioner of Accounts, Mr James Milligan. Demands payment of between 80 an 90 thousand pounds in sterling, for provisions supplied to the troops of Convention in New England. Numerous correspondence has occured to Clinton, via Captains Featherstone and Edmonstone, which he has had no answer. Mentions that the men are in great distress for wine and rum; begs a flag of truce for these commodities.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16265400
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_18_16