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The Asgill Affair: Asgill has been set free... British to leave New York...
The Asgill Affair: Asgill has been set free... British to leave New York...
Item # 681156
August 03, 1782
THE ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE, London, Aug. 3, 1782
* American Revolutionary War Era
* 18th century from The Enemy
Page 3 includes: "Lord Shelburne's scheme for prosecuting the American war is to withdraw the troops from New York, but to keep Charles-Town and to carry on hostilities chiefly at sea. The troops at New York to be sent to he West Indies...Advice received from Boston that two vessels were lately launched there...and that frigates are building in every port belonging to the Americans. A letter from Phila. says that the Congress have offered a considerable reward to any of the King's troops who are prisoners, that understand cultivating the lands...the agreeable intelligence that Capt. Asgill, who it was feared was doomed to suffer death by way of retaliation, was, by the immediate interference of that body, released on his parole..." and more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, red tax stamp on the front page, good condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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