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Title:
PRO 30/55/038/086 - Autograph Letter from A Leslie
Date:
1782
Language:
English
Date from:
1782-04-17
Date to:
1782-04-17
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/038/086
Full Description:
Leslie to [Clinton]. Camp near Charleston. Recommends for promotion Major Weymss and Brevet Major Stuart. There are other old officers whom he should like promoted. Reminds him that the two Hessian Colonels at Charleston, Westerhagen and Benning, are senior to the British Brigadiers in the district. Desires to receive instructions respecting the waggons and horses of the Quartermaster General's Department. 'Frigates or sloops of war are much needed on this [South Coast] coast'.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16323882
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_38_86