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Title:
PRO 30/55/026/073 - Autograph Letter from W Spry to Jno Smith
Date:
1780
Language:
English
Date from:
1780-10-31
Date to:
1780-10-31
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/026/073
Full Description:
Spry to Smith. Halifax. Sends the enclosed. Had McLeand examined and settled his accounts quarterly, any objections may have been easily removed, but after two or three years it is impossible to produce original evidences of all. Maintains it is impossible for anyone to estimate the value of works by walking over them. Refers for evidence to Captain Johnston. Has regularly applied for money in advance and presented memorials when the quarters closed. Was always put off with a want of money in the garrson, not with any objections to the accounts. Could not agree to pay off Major Studholme's or Mr William's accounts in preference to others equally just, though McLean offered from four to six thousand pounds to pay off these.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16305051
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_26_73