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6141. [Carleton] to General [Archibald] Campbell. New York. Number 4. Received previous...

Catalogue reference: PRO 30/55/54/25

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This record is about the 6141. [Carleton] to General [Archibald] Campbell. New York. Number 4. Received previous... dating from 1782 Nov 12 in the series Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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PRO 30/55/54/25
Date
1782 Nov 12
Description

6141. [Carleton] to General [Archibald] Campbell. New York. Number 4. Received previous letter. Discussion with regard to dispatching out orders to send officers and men to Jamaica, and delaying the sending of detachments to the Spanish Main. Requests that Campbell send the 82nd, 84th and others northward. 'Such few of the 79th Regiment as arrived from the Havana, and were found fit for service have been drafted into the 54th, as there was no opportunity of sending them to Jamaica'.

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PRO 30/55

Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers

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