Whitehall Letters for the years 1777 thru 1850

10 Letters written from the place Whitehall to 5 people including Charles Cornwallis, and Gouverneur Morris. Most letters from Whitehall were written in the year 1781. Several other letters were written in 1790 and 1779.

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  • sponsored contentGeorge Germain letter to William Howe.

    Whitehall, ENG - 3 March 1777

    the King very much applauds the ability and conduct which his Lordship displayed in the close pursuit of the enemy from Fort Lee to Trenton

  • George Germain letter to Charles Cornwallis.

    Whitehall, ENG - 12 April 1778

    you should have a dormant commission giving you the rank of General in America only

  • George Germain letter to Henry Clinton.

    Whitehall, ENG - 11 April 1779

    Lord Cornwallis went to Court, and made an offer of his services to the King which you will not doubt his Majesty was graciously pleased to accept

  • George Germain letter to Charles Cornwallis.

    Whitehall, ENG - 9 November 1780

    which I immediately laid before the King, who read with the highest satisfaction the account of the very glorious and complete victory obtained by your Lordship over the Rebels near Camden

  • George Germain letter to Charles Cornwallis.

    Whitehall, ENG - 7 March 1781

    The reasons which you assign for calling General Leslie from Virginia are founded in wisdom, and could not fail being approved by the King

  • George Germain letter to Charles Cornwallis.

    Whitehall, ENG - 4 June 1781

    His Majesty's ship Galatea, which arrived on the 19th of last month, brought me a letter from Lord Rawdon, enclosing a note from your Lordship to him

  • George Germain letter to Henry Clinton.

    Whitehall, ENG - 6 June 1781

    the great importance of pushing the war on the side of Virginia with all the force that can be spared, until that province is reduced.

  • Francis Osborne letter to Gouverneur Morris.

    Whitehall, ENG - 28 April 1790

    We cannot but lament every circumstance, which can have delayed the accomplishment of those engagements, (comprised in the treaty) to which those States were in the most solemn manner bound

  • Francis Osborne letter to Gouverneur Morris.

    Whitehall, ENG - 10 September 1790

    I well remember the nature of the conversation you allude to, as well as the particular points upon which the two countries mutually complain of a non-observance of treaty.

  • John Brown Sr letter to John Brown.

    Whitehall, NY - 4 November 1850

    ...these different claims amount to some forty thousand dollars, and if lost will leave me nice and flat.