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Title:
PRO 30/55/026/109 - Autograph Letter from M Genl Leslie to Sir H Clinton
Date:
1780
Language:
English
Date from:
1780-11-19
Date to:
1780-11-19
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/026/109
Full Description:
Leslie to Clinton. On board the 'Romulus', Hampton Roads. Number 4. Recounts the leaving of Portsmouth to reinforce Cornwallis. Left the works entire, hopes the ground may still be taken up as it is the key to the wealth of Virginia and Maryland. Laments the weakness in ships of war, the Hessians are a most respectable corps, and the loss of the Provincials by desertion. The people seem tired of war. Postscript, Is afraid the move up the Delaware has not taken place. The want of small craft and light armed vessels cramped them much. In regard to provisions, refers him to Mr Wier. Governor Hamilton is driven back to Hampton, something having happened to the sloop in the late gale.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16305087
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_26_109