Letter 1784 May 3, London to Robert Edmeston, Berwick / Thos. Forbes.

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Letter 1784 May 3, London to Robert Edmeston, Berwick / Thos. Forbes.

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Britain's surrender of Florida to Spain deprived the author, a Loyalist and a merchant in East Florida for a British firm, of his lands. He asks if Edmeston's brother-in-law, who knew influential Spaniards, could intercede for him, since his knowledge of the Florida Indian tribes could be of service to Spain.

[7] p. ; 23 cm.

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Forbes, Thomas Rogers, 1911-....

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Thomas Rogers Forbes was born in New York City on January 5, 1911. He received a B.A. (1933) and a Ph.D. (1937) from the University of Rochester. Before World War II, he taught anatomy at Johns Hopkins University. He joined the faculty of Yale University in 1945, where he remained until his death in 1988. Forbes also served as assistant dean, 1948-1960, and associate dean, 1960-1970, of the Yale School of Medicine. From the description of Thomas Rogers Forbes papers, 1925-1989 (inclu...

Edmeston, Robert.

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