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Title:
PRO 30/55/084/115 - Autograph Letter to Honble Col Fanning
Date:
1783
Language:
English
Date from:
1783-10-26
Date to:
1783-10-26
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/084/115
Full Description:
[Carleton] to Colonel Fanning. New York. Has received his letters of 25 and 26 September with enclosures regarding the establishmnet of his regiment. Congratulates him on his civil appointment as Lieutenant-Governor in Nova Scotia and on his commission in the British army. Would not decline any proper occasion of giving further marks of his regard and approbation, but the rank of temporary Brigadier-General cannot be conferred at present consistent with orders received for the reduction of the army and staff and the speedy evacuation of posts here.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16551022
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_84_115