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Title:
PRO 30/55/029/030 - Autograph Letter from B Arnold to Captn Kollock
Date:
1781
Language:
English
Date from:
1781-04-17
Date to:
1781-04-17
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/029/030
Full Description:
Arnold to Captain Kollock. Portsmouth. Is ordered by Phillips to give him directions respecting obtaining intelligence. The 'Defiance' and the 'Rambler' are to proceed with him to the east shore of Maryland where he is to employ trustworthy persons to go to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Annapolis, Head of Elk and Yorktown, and obtain strength of the enemy, their numbers, provisions, projected movements &c., and report to Phillips at Portsmouth by 1 May. He is to return with these vessels from the eastern shore as soon as possible and bring the lumber contracted for.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16305130
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_29_30