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Title:
PRO 30/55/029/033 - Copy Letter from Cornwallis to Lord Geo Germain
Date:
1781
Language:
English
Date from:
1781-04-18
Date to:
1781-04-18
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/029/033
Full Description:
Cornwallis to Germain. Wilmington. Number 10. Discusses the winter campaign in the (North and South) Carolinas, and the difficulties in reducing the province by a direct attack upon on it. Writes that therefore it should appear to be the interest of Great Britain to maintain what she already possesses and to push the war in the southern provinces. His opinion that a serious attempt upon Virginia would be the most solid plan.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16305133
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_29_33