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Submits copies of a letter from Major Chester, Commanding Officer of His Majesty's...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/25/28

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CO 101/25/28
Date
1784 June 20
Description

Submits copies of a letter from Major Chester, Commanding Officer of His Majesty's Troops at St. Vincent, and of his answers, with his letter to Governor Lincoln on the subject; subject of Lincoln assuming the right to give general orders; various related enclosures; reference by Chester to 'American Negroes' and from Arthur Leith to 'Black Pioneers' ['Black Carolina Corps'].

Edward Mathew, Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 127 - 152.

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