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Title:
PRO 30/55/085/021 - Autograph Letter from Solomon Ferris to Sir Guy Carleton
Date:
1783
Language:
English
Date from:
1783-10-01
Date to:
1783-10-01
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/085/021
Full Description:
Solomon Ferris to Carleton. Memorial. Relates that on returning from St John's to conduct his family to Nova Scotia, he was arrested and bound over by a court for stealing cattle [having been a member of a party sent out in 1779 to bring in cattle for the British army]. Seeks support to free him.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16553715
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_85_21