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Title:
PRO 30/55/030/036 - Copy Letter from W Knox to Charles Shaw
Date:
1781
Language:
English
Date from:
1781-06-06
Date to:
1781-06-06
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/030/036
Full Description:
William Knox, Under-Secretary of State, to Charles Shaw, Superintendent of Indians commenting on the recovery from wounds received in the successful defence of Augusta of Colonel Brown. Goes on to discuss hopes for further successes based on close co-operation with Indian tribes (namely the Creek and Cherokee), ordering detachments from the Upper Canada posts to assist Brown in directing the Cherokee parties [against the Patriot militia]. Preventing the rebel inhabitants from reinforcing General Greene's army, or opposing Cornwallis's operations in Virginia.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16306546
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_30_36