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Title:
PRO 30/55/029/092 - Copy Letter to John Robinson
Date:
1781
Language:
English
Date from:
1781-05-15
Date to:
1781-05-15
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/029/092
Full Description:
[Clinton] to Robinson. New York. It is reported to him that a quantity of claret had been brought here in the ordnance ships which it is said some merchants have been permitted to send free of freight and duty under the idea it would come cheaper to the officers. Believes it is sold at a high price as if it were imported in the usual way of trade and therefore the officers reap no benefit. Should such indulgences be granted in future, he suggests confining them to cheaper Portugal wines which are more used than the French, and to guard against the contrivances of the merchants here.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16305192
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_29_92