Sir Henry Clinton papers, circa 1776-1781.
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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...
Bates, Ann, 1748?-
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Ann Bates was a loyalist spy during the American Revolution. Ann Bates was reportedly born around 1748 in Pennsylvania. Bates was a schoolteacher in Philadelphia and joined Clinton’s espionage network sometime in 1778. Because Bates’ husband was a soldier and gun repairman in Sir Henry Clinton’s army, she could identify the weaponry and report on important military information such as the numbers of cannons, men and supplies. Ann Bates had just returned from spying on the American troops in ...
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
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Governor General of India and British army officer. From the description of Papers of Charles Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis, 1614-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068310 British general; second in command in North America during Revolution, surrendered to Washington at Yorktown. Later governor-general of India. From the description of Proclamation, 1781 March 18, North Carolina. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156104 Charle...
