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Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/172
Date: 1957-1958
Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Item
7890. M [Mary Willing] Byrd, Westover [Plantation], Virginia to [? Carleton]. Refers...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/55/71/31
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This record is about the 7890. M [Mary Willing] Byrd, Westover [Plantation], Virginia to [? Carleton]. Refers... dating from 1783 June 5 in the series Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/55/71/31
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1783 June 5
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Description (What the record is about)
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7890. M [Mary Willing] Byrd, Westover [Plantation], Virginia to [? Carleton]. Refers to promises made by Lord Cornwallis, General Phillips and General Arnold [in 1781] that she should not suffer any loss by the operations of the British Army and that all of 'her people' [i.e. runaway slaves] should be returned to her after a search of all boats on the [James] river. She has transmitted via Mr Francis a state of her losses.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16511625/
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PRO 30/55
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
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