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Title:
PRO 30/55/070/038 - Autograph Letter to Thomas Townshend
Date:
1783
Language:
English
Date from:
1783-05-27
Date to:
1783-05-27
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/070/038
Full Description:
Carleton to Townshend. New York. Number 76. Discusses the elation at the peace, the lack of interest at restoring estates and property to the Loyalists, those of whom who have returned to their homes being ill-treated. Encloses a copy of an Act of the State of New York, and a letter from Mr R. R. Livingston, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Says that perhaps Congress should wait until the further definitive Treaty before fully settling the points written about. Also encloses a printed address and recommendations to the States by Congress. The French troops are embarked and thought sailed, the American troops at Charleston are to come to the Chesapeake, whilch Congress have resolved to disband to reduce their army. The delay of his successors arrival with all necessary instructions cannot but embarrass and injure the king's business on this continent.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16493023
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_70_38