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- GLC#
- GLC01450.126-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- August 25, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Steward, William, fl. 1781
- Title
- to Thomas Seymour
- Place Written
- New London, Connecticut
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 28 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Discusses business relating to the exchange and sale of nails and board. Postscript informs Seymour about information he has learned from men aboard a sloop of his that arrived in Newport, Rhode Island. Discusses a ship or fleet that sailed with a French fleet and was bound for Havana to meet some Spanish ships. States that it was reported that they have 10,000 troops, 300 heads of cattle, and clothing. He cannot guess their destination.
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