| Title: | Incomplete letter: Officer of the 46th to Irish Gentleman |
|---|---|
| ID | 3878 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1771-80/33 |
| Year | 1776 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cape Fear, N.Carolina, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re American War of Independence |
| Source | The London-Derry Journal and General Advertiser, Friday, August9th, 1776. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9909238 |
| Date | 09/08/1776 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 21:09:99. |
| Word Count | 194 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Extract of a letter from an officer of the 46th, to a Gentleman in Ireland, dated Cape Fear, May 16. "We arrived here the 1st inst. and found Gen. Clinton waiting for us some time. - The Bristol, of 50 guns, and Harcourt transport, &c. arrived the 3d. the men on board the latter were very sickly. On our arrival a few shots were fired at the ships from the rebels, but without effect, and nothing material happened till the 12th, when Major Perscot, with the light infantry of four regiments landed and marched early in the morning, and in two days we had an account of their taking Brunswick, with the loss only of one man, having met little or no opposition from the provincials, tho' [though?] it is rumoured that they are all in arms very near us. Yesterday most of our troops encamped on the main-land, about a mile from Cape Fear river. All the transports except, five or six are arrived. The weather here is very warm, and we expect the heat will increase. It is now much warmer than I ever felt it in Ireland. The taking of Brunswick procured us some beef and other fresh provisions, which is a great relief, every thing being very dear and scarce." [incomplete] |
