| Title: | Colonel Leslie to John Pomeroy, Dublin |
|---|---|
| ID | 665 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Col. Alexander Leslie/24 |
| Year | 1770 |
| Sender | Colonel Alexander Leslie |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | North America |
| Destination | Dublin, Ireland |
| Recipient | Colonel John Pomeroy |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | colleagues |
| Source | T 2954/5/9: Deposited by Major the Honourable R.W. Pomeroy, Rockfield House , Nunnery, near Frome, Somerset |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9309902 |
| Date | 09/05/1770 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. R., 01:09:1993 |
| Word Count | 515 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | From Lt. Col. Leslie with 64th Foot in North America 1770 To Colonel John Pomeroy Altidore Merrion Square Dublin Mount Kennedy 9th May 1770 D'r [Dear?] Sir I am favored with your very obliging letter of the 30th of January, and glad to find you are in perfect health - We are very happy since we were to loose [lose?] Smith to have secured Armstrong, the Gentlemen are much obliged to you for getting every thing to go on so smooth and expeditions for them - the Notefecation [notification?] is not yet come from the Adj't [Adjutant?] Gen'ls [General's?] Office at New York, nor of the Augmentation, but we shall have it soon - At the Earnest Request of Dowager Lady Longford I have given Ens'n [Ensign?] Pakenham Permission to go to New York to obtain Gen'l [General?] Gages leave to go home to keep Sir Thomas Nugent in proper Order - I expect leave for Mr. Jacob to go home his health is so very bad, that he is of little use in regard to duty - I suppose you will Order the two new Ensigns out imediately [immediately?] I have but one [------?] Com'er [Commander?] excepting the Adjutant, which must keep them always at Quarters, Bishop longs very much to see his Mate, I'm very angry with Mr. Etteston had I known how he would have acted so he should not have gone home at the Expence [Expense?] of the Reg't [Regiment?] - If you don't find he has success at Norwich I suppose you'll moove [move?] him, he complains the [Size?] is very high especially now that the Augmentation has taken place - The Cloathing [clothing?] is so very small, I don't know how to manage for many of the Men, I'm at a loss whether the Col [Colonel?] pays anything this Year for the Alteration of the [Daistracts?]. There's no Alterations since I sent you the last State of your Reg't [Regiment?] - Prestons tryall [trial?] is not yet come on the Bostonians we are told are not fond of thier [their?] new Governor, Col [Colonel?] Robertson is there paying of the Barracks, so it's thought no more Troops will be kept there, the 14th & 29th still at Castle William - the 16th gone to [pensicoley?], [Pensacola?] no signs of summer here yet, it is a shocking place of itself, I've been very ill with Biles & the Scurvy no Vegetables but Madeira all the Winter, I've really been very sober, but the severe Cold shut the Pores and stops Perspiration - I hope to be able to pass my next Winter at new York [New York?] I expect Nowell [Novel?] from thence every day - The Comadore[Commodore?] desires his best respects to you - #PAGE 2 he does not know whether he continues longer or not his Son goes home with him - I've Comp'ts [Compliments?] from L'd [Lieutenant?] Wm. [William?] Campbell to you if it was not for those two Family's this Place would be unsupportable - The Gentlemen of the Corps join me in Compliments to you & all friends - And believe me to be D'r [Dear?] Sir Y'r [Your?] very faithfull [faithful?] humble Servant Alex [Alexander?] M. Leslie |
