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Title:
PRO 30/55/023/075 - Autograph Letter from W Spry to Brigad General McLean
Date:
1780
Language:
English
Date from:
1780-05-28
Date to:
1780-05-28
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/023/075
Full Description:
Spry to McLean. Halifax. The leave of absence signified in the Commander-in-Chief's letter of 25 December is not the leave solicited of His Excellency. The request was for six months in the fall of the year, after the campaign was over and meaning to return in the spring. Is concerned the application should have been misconstrued. Begs to remain in his command as his reputation would suffer should he leave now an attack is expected. Requests him to communicate the purport of his letter to His Excellency and obtain six months leave when the service will admit.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16277758
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_23_75