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Title:
PRO 30/55/038/058 - Autograph Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lieut General Leslie
Date:
1782
Language:
English
Date from:
1782-04-14
Date to:
1782-04-14
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/038/058
Full Description:
Clinton to Leslie. New York. Acknowledges dispatches. Is concerned to find his health will not permit him to remain much longer in command of the Southern district. Soon after dispatching his last letter requesting troops to be held in readiness to be sent to New York, he received a requisition from the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica for assistance to be sent to that island as it was threatened with a powerful invasion by the combined forces of France and Spain. Has been decided by the General Officers to send 2,000 troops from Charlestown for its relief. Directing him therefore to put the troops mentioned in the enclosed return under the orders of General O'Hara and proceed to the southward.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16323854
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_38_58