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Copy of a letter from Lieutenant General Clayton to the Secretary at War concerning...

Catalogue reference: SP 41/13/93

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This record is about the Copy of a letter from Lieutenant General Clayton to the Secretary at War concerning... dating from 1741 Sept 29 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Military. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 41/13/93
Date
1741 Sept 29
Description

Copy of a letter from Lieutenant General Clayton to the Secretary at War concerning the hazardous embarkation of Guise's Regiment at Greenock (transport ship the 'Unicorn' lost in bad weather and the man of war 'Dolphin' so old and rotten as to be unfit to go to sea) and the desertions of both officers and men by sea to Yorkshire and on the march to Glasgow.

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The National Archives, Kew
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