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Extract.- From Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. to Lord George Germain, dated New York, May 18th, 1781. My Lord, I AM happy in being able to congratulate your lordship on the very important success which the King's troops in Virginia have had on their late expeditio to Petersburg, &c. (as described in Brigadier-general Arnold's letter) which must ultimately be productive of the very best consequences to His Majesty's service, as it is credibly reported that the greatest part of the tobacco collected there was French property, and almost their entire annual remittance. (From A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Province of North America?, by Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton, pp333-340.) Tarleton, Ch 5., [P], p. 333 5/18/1781 |
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