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- GLC#
- GLC01450.023.05-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- July 6, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819
- Title
- to Alexander Irvine
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Charles Irvine writes to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland that he has arrived safely to New York after a passage of seven weeks from England. States that the regiment he is entering is at Kingsbridge, 14 miles from New York. He reports that he met with the commander, Lieutenant Colonel McLeroth, and was introduced to the officers, and joins today. Explains that he will write again soon but wanted to make sure this letter got onto the packet to England. He hopes to get a lieutenant appointment as he is the only ensign in the regiment to purchase a commission. He gives his love to family and friends. Charles Irvine was a soldier in the British army during the Revolutionary War.
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