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- GLC#
- GLC01450.023.16-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 14, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819
- Title
- to Alexander Irvine
- Place Written
- York Island, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Letter written to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland. Discusses the mail situation and that he hasn't heard from him in awhile. Indicates that anxieties are very high. He writes that they received the King's Speech via the West Indies a few weeks ago and it seems a peace is very near. He gives his love to family and friends. Postscript asks him to have Mr. Moir send the state of his financial affairs. Charles Irvine was a soldier in the British army during the Revolutionary War.
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