Germain, George Sackvile, Viscount Sackville (1716-1785) to William Eden
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04783 Author/Creator: Germain, George Sackvile, Viscount Sackville (1716-1785) Place Written: Drayton, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 October 1775 Pagination: 5 p. ; 22.2 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy
Written a month before Germain became Secretary of State for the Colonies to Eden as Deputy Secretary of State for the Northern Department. Recipeint was a inferred by Donald Londahl-Smidt. See collateral file for full explanation. References Eden's letter (collateral file says it was 3 October 1775). Says he is happy with the draft of a speech Eden has prepared. Says New York might have been kept as Loyalist if it was attended to properly. States "I always wish'd that the whole power of the State should be Exerted, that one campaign might decide whether the American provinces were to be subject to Great Britain, or free states." Says the use of foreign troops might be objected to, but says that Britian's population cannot provide the number of troops and sailors it needs otherwise. Is pleased about Lord North's approbation, but says he is too old to take a post in America.
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