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[Clerical copy of report on battle of Fort Montgomery]

9 October 1777

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Report on General Clinton's feint northward up the Hudson in support of General John Burgoyne's southward thrust. But in the late summer and early fall of 1777 Clinton, who was given vague orders, decided not to move his forces against Albany, which...

GLC04768
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Manuscript document signed

[Appointment of William Dansey a major in the British Army under Lord Cornwallis]

14 October 1778

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Countersigned by John Smith. Dansey was appointed a "Major to his Majesty's Thirty Third Regiment of Foot Commanded by Lieutenant General Charles Earl Cornwallis: and likewise to be Captain of a Company in said Regiment." Accompanied by paper seal.

GLC01450.544
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Manifesto and proclamation to the members of the Congress

3 October 1778

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Double-column format. Issued by the British Peace Commissioners Lord Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton and William Eden after the failure of their peace initiative. Offered a general amnesty and pardon with internal self-government and the repeal of...

GLC01032
GLC07534
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Letter signed

to Lord Germain

January 25, 1782

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Despite the fact that "the Commander in Chief...shall not oppose the reviving Civil Government" for the purpose of meeting "the Rebels on the Ground taken up by General Washington in...the Capitulation of York Town," General Clinton, writing on...

GLC07534
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Letter signed

to Lord George Germain

July 1778

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Written by Clinton as Command of Chief of British forces in America to Germain as British Secretary of State for the American Colonies. Detailed report of his recent activity. Says he evacuated Philadelphia on 18 June 1778. Details the problems of...

GLC04283
GLC07891
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Document signed

British Royal Peace Commission's attempt to appease colonists by lifting...

1779/02/03

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

GLC07891
GLC07462
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Broadside

Proclamation [threatening rebellious New Yorkers]

1780/12/12

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Broadside threatening rebellious New Yorkers: "seduced from their Allegiance by...Ambitious and Factious Men."

GLC07462
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Book signed

Observations on Some Parts of the Answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative

1783

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

And An Answer to that Part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton ... First editions, bound together. Two folding tables. Inscribed, "Sir Henry Clinton's Complements/Lord Brundenell."

GLC09026

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