Minutes, 1781.

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Minutes, 1781.

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Minutes of meetings of the Board of General Officers in New York, August - December 1781. The board considered the costs to the Army of hired vessels, wagons, etc., and investigated whether money could be saved by placing the whole business under Government under the direction of a Board of Works. The volume has among other items a return of men, women and children in the British regiments victualled in New York, in the Civil Department and in foreign regiments, with muster roll of assistants, overseers, coopers, laborers, artificers in various departments and where employed, and covers Brooklyn and New York; also list of vessels, giving names of masters, and a comparative view of the expenses in different departments of the Army from December 17, 1775 to December 5, 1781, under Sir William Howe and Sir Henry Clinton. This document was published as vol. 49 of the Collections of the New-York Historical Society, New York: the society, 1916.

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Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795

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Sir Henry Clinton was the son of Admiral George Clinton (c.1685-1761) and grandson of Sir Francis Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln. His father was Governor General of Newfoundland, 1732-1741, and of New York, 1741-1751. Rather than follow his father into the navy, Sir Henry embarked on a military career. He advanced steadily through the ranks, partly assisted by the patronage of his relative, the 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. By the 1770s he had reached the rank of Colonel of the 12th Fo...

Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814

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Commander-in-chief of British forces in North America from 1775 to 1778. From the description of Appointment, 1778 Feb. 23, Philadelphia, of Charles Bowden. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122625975 Commander of British Army troops in North America during the American Revolution. From the description of Book of general orders: manuscript, 1777. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 80960793 Army officer, Great Britain. ...

Great Britain. Army. Board of General Officers.

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