Piece
Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/172
Date: 1957-1958
Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Item
3570. Clinton to Lieutenant-Colonel Nisbet Balfour ordering that former prison ships...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/55/30/59
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- PRO 30/55/30/59
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- 1781 June 20
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Description (What the record is about)
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3570. Clinton to Lieutenant-Colonel Nisbet Balfour ordering that former prison ships should not be used as transports but that they should be sent for scrapping either in New York or in Europe. Forwards accounts of expenditure incurred at St Augustine and East Florida. Informs of revised rates of pay for town-majors and barrack-masters.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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PRO 30/55
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Within the series: PRO 30/55
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
75 records
Within the piece: PRO 30/55/30
3513 - 3584. Described at item level.
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3570. Clinton to Lieutenant-Colonel Nisbet Balfour ordering that former prison ships...
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