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Details on the British retaking the Bahama Islands...



Item # 700816

July 31, 1783

THE GENERAL EVENING POST, London, July 31, 1783  

* Revolutionary War ending events

The front page has a brief letter of introduction written by General Guy Carleton dated at New York: "I transmit...a copy of Col. Derveaux's letter conveying an account of the recapture of the Bahama Islands, together with a copy of the capitulation." signed in type: Guy Carleton.
The British took the Bahamas from the Spanish without a shot being fired.
 What follows is Derveaux's letter with the details.
Four pages, red tax stamp on page 3, good condition.

Category: The 1600's and 1700's