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Title:
PRO 30/55/020/032 - Copy Letter from John Robinson to Sir Henry Clinton
Date:
1779
Language:
English
Date from:
1779-11-17
Date to:
1779-11-17
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/020/032
Full Description:
Robinson to Clinton. Treasury Chambers. Acknowledges receipt of various letters. The fleet of victuallers with the last four months supply was ready to sail on the 6 October. It is proposed to send out four months further supply early in the spring, and again in April and July for the next year. Contracts have been entered into for 53,000 men in New York. The large remittance in specie by Arbuthnot would it is supposed be an ample supply, and there has been issued to answer bills, £350,000. Their Lordships wish to keep him sufficiently supplied, but these demands are for a very large amount and he is desired to conduct this as frugally as possible.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16266050
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_20_32