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British successes in America... New Yorkers are signing allegiance to the King...
British successes in America... New Yorkers are signing allegiance to the King...
Item # 703447
March 24, 1777
THE GAZETTEER & NEW DAILY ADVERTISER, London, Mach 24, 1777 Page 2 has an extract of a letter from General Sir William Howe to Lord George Germain dated at New York, Feb. 12, 1777 providing an update of the British forces in that region.
Then a report noting: "...gives an account of several advantages gained by parties composed of British & Hessian troops...over large bodies of the Rebels by which they had been attacked..." with further particulars.
There is a letter from Governor Tryon at New York, to Lord George Germain, beginning: "The success that accompanied my endeavor to unite the inhabitants of this city by an oath of allegiance & fidelity to his Majesty...has met my warmest wishes, 2970 of the inhabitants having qualified..." with more on this, signed: W. Tryon.
Four pages, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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