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Title:
PRO 30/55/088/017 - Autograph Letter from Majr General Jas Hamilton to Major General Heath
Date:
1778
Language:
English
Date from:
1778-10-27
Date to:
1778-10-27
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/088/017
Full Description:
Reidesel and Hamilton to General Heath. Cambridge. They acknowledge his letter of 26 October in reply to theirs of the same date and express their anxiety and concerns about the proposed march of the British and allied prisoners of war from Massachusetts to Virginia which they ask to be delayed until the British troops at Rutland have received shoes, stockings and other necessaries from on board the flag of truce vessel. They repeat their request that Captain Masters be given a passport to go by land to New York, it having been refused.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16602571
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_88_17