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Title:
PRO 30/55/023/050 - Copy Letter from Colonel Westerhagen, Lt Colol Alured Clarke, Lt Coll Robt Abercrombie, Lt Coll Henry Hope, Major Patrick Ferguson
Date:
1780
Language:
English
Date from:
1780-05-19
Date to:
1780-05-19
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/023/050
Full Description:
Colonel Westerhagen and four other officers representing the army, to the Captains of the Squadron in Charlestown Harbour. Number 4. The Army representatives do not agree with the proposal, saying that the officers and soldiers of the Army shall not receive individually, half the proportion that, the mode proposed by you, will divided among the officers and seamen of the Fleet. They also question how the booty was acquired and the rights of disclosing of stores. Suggests it will be equally agreeable to the Navy and Army to submit both proposals to the Admiral and General and to abide by their decision'.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16277733
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_23_50