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Title:
PRO 30/55/070/077 - Copy Letter from A Bruce
Date:
1783
Language:
English
Date from:
1783-05-30
Date to:
1783-05-30
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/070/077
Full Description:
Brigadier-General Andrew Bruce to Madam [Henrietta Bruce]. Staten Island. Discussion with regard to how since giving his hand with the intention of marrying, events have taken a turn and he now has no worth except for what his commission will sell for. It is impossible for them to see each other again and that they must part. 'By indiscretion I am not now worth a shilling but what my commission will sell for, and we can never live together to upbraid one another. My commission I mean to sell and you shall share of it, and my intention is to retire to some sequestr'd place to live and I hope to die unknown'.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16493062
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_70_77