Letter to the Officer Commanding His Majesty's Ships of War, Jamaica

Item data

Title

Letter to the Officer Commanding His Majesty's Ships of War, Jamaica

Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection
General Leslie's Letterbook

Names

Leslie, Alexander, approximately 1740-1794 (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1782-07-08
Place: Charles Town, S.C.

Library Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: 2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. 4o

Abstract

He has given directions for a part of the fleet at Savannah to transport negroes to Jamaica; he desires that the vessels may be returned to this port with all speed, as the proportion of that kind of shipping in this country is very inadequate. Copy.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 15608
Archives EAD ID: 279813
Archives Components ID: 4860
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3d283800-6a3e-0139-dd9f-0242ac110002

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Text

Cite this item

MLA format

APA format

Chicago/Turabian Format

Wikipedia citation