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Title:
PRO 30/55/025/065 - Copy Letter from James Simpson to Sir Henry Clinton
Date:
1780
Language:
English
Date from:
1780-09-13
Date to:
1780-09-13
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/025/065
Full Description:
James Simpson to Clinton. Charlestown. Discusses how there is intelligence that public officers of this government are coming out at all speed. [The Gordon] Riots in London seem to have engrossed the attention of all except during the interval of rejoicing at the arrival of Lord Lincoln with news of the reduction of Charlestown [Charleston]. Rebel privateers infest the coast, three ships taken (on named the 'Glasgow), this event has furnished the rebels in North Carolina with with ammunition. Worry that several rich ships may fall into enemy hands. Captain Garner has fixed 26 September as the date for the convoy to sail, the vessels will have more than £100,000 value of produce of this government.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16304883
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_25_65