Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785 to Henry Clinton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05221 Author/Creator: Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785 Place Written: London, England Type: Letter signed Date: February 15, 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Discusses relieving New York from the constraints of the American Prohibitory Act (1775), which banned all British trade with the colonies. Comments on a bill in Parliament to exempt New York and other colonies under British control during the American Revolution from the law. Instructs him to continue trade in accordance with a recent proclamation in hopes that it will "prevent the Inhabitants suffering any Inconvenience." Signed "Geo. Germain." Written from Whitehall. Marked a duplicate.
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