Letters of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stewart, 1754-1755.

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Letters of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stewart, 1754-1755.

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This collection contains seven letters written between 1754 and 1755 to Lord Sydney, requesting half pay and rank for Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stewart. The first manuscript copy of a letter to Lord Sydney discusses the number of men employed in the Virginia Regiment. The letters contest Stewart's reduction to Lieutenant Colonel, and complain that he neither received rank nor half pay at the conclusion of his services.

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University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7286966

University of Pittsburgh

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Stuart, John, General.

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Virginia. Militia. Virginia Regiment.

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Stanwix, John, 1690?-1766

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Stewart, Robert, Lieutenant Colonel

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Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Transcripts of correspondence edited by Louis Knott Koontz, 1739-1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067647 From the description of Autograph signature (clipped) from a document : [n.p.]., 1754 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534556 Colonial official; lieutenant governor of Virginia 1751-1758. From the description of LS : Williamsburg, Va., to Robert Hunter Morris, 1754 Mar. 1. (Rosenbach Museum...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800

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Monckton, Robert, 1726-1782

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Epithet: Lieutenant-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x000236 Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x000237 Epithet: Brigadier-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x00023c British army officer and gov...