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New York Loyalists are nervous that the British will abandon them...
New York Loyalists are nervous that the British will abandon them...
Item # 644622
August 15, 1782
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, Aug. 15, 1782
* New York loyalists
* Revolutionary War Era
* 18th century
* From The Enemy
Page 2 has a letter from New York noting: "The people here are in a great consternation on a rumour among us, that, the British forces are to evacuate this & every part of America, which has had such an effect on the Loyalists that some of them have already sent off their best effects to Barbadoes & Antigua...". Another item from Paris notes: "The treaty which we made with the Americans is as lucrative to us as it is prejudicial to our enemies...".
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/2 inches, very nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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