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Letters to government officials, military officers in the United Kingdom regarding...
Catalogue reference: WO 34/229
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This record is about the Letters to government officials, military officers in the United Kingdom regarding... dating from 1779 Feb.12-May 6 in the series War Office: Baron Jeffrey Amherst, Commander in Chief: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1779 Feb.12-May 6
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Letters to government officials, military officers in the United Kingdom regarding - military affairs, commission, recommendations, etc; instructions for the Generals commanding districts of the Country relative to the execution of the New Recruiting Act; several letters to Lord George Germain re appointment of Lord Cornwallis to go to America, re General Robertson's appointment to go to New York as Civil Governor; and affairs in general in America
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- The National Archives, Kew
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War Office: Baron Jeffrey Amherst, Commander in Chief: Papers
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