Item
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Catalogue reference: SP 78/279/3
Date: 1769 nd
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Item
Folio 130: Governor Morris to lord George Germain. He reports about a French officer,...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/305/61
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- SP 78/305/61
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- 1777 Aug 18
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Folio 130: Governor Morris to lord George Germain. He reports about a French officer, captain Delaplaine, serving in Carolina with the rebels, who is returning as deputy to Franklin, after an audience with Bouillé. He gives details of rebel privateers cruising among the islands with one American on board each and crews taken from the local inhabitants, mainly French. An immediate war with Britain is generally expected. He gives details of troops in Martinique and Guadeloupe amounting to 8 000 or 10,000 regulars with between 4000 and 5000 militia and reinforcements under the name of recruits arriving from France 500 at a time.
Date and place: 1777 Aug 18 St Vincent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enclosed in f.126. Copy enclosed in f.122. Extract.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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