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Title:
PRO 30/55/032/002 - Copy Letter from Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton
Date:
1781
Language:
English
Date from:
1781-08-16
Date to:
1781-08-16
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/032/002
Full Description:
Cornwallis to Clinton. York Town [Yorktown], Virginia. [Original written in cypher]. No detachment can be made from this place. The evacuation of Portsmouth is not complete and the works here will not be safe against a coup de main [i.e. sudden attack] with less than 1,000 men. Cannot at present say whether he can spare any troops but when the garrison of Portsmouth arrives, will report the state of things.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16305329
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_32_2