Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, Volume 1J. Murray, 1859 - Great Britain |
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... Hope , by whom he had two daughters and two sons , the latter , ancestors respectively of the Earls of Ilchester and of the Lords Holland , who inherited his estates . Like his father - in - law , Lord Cornwallis also married a second ...
... Hope , by whom he had two daughters and two sons , the latter , ancestors respectively of the Earls of Ilchester and of the Lords Holland , who inherited his estates . Like his father - in - law , Lord Cornwallis also married a second ...
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... hope the rest of the fleet will not be long after us . I hope your lordship received my letter of the 7th of March ; this goes by a ship bound to Londonderry . The troops are in general healthy . I most heartily wish that I could be a ...
... hope the rest of the fleet will not be long after us . I hope your lordship received my letter of the 7th of March ; this goes by a ship bound to Londonderry . The troops are in general healthy . I most heartily wish that I could be a ...
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... hope of a peaceable termination of the dispute being at an end , Sir W. Howe determined at length to commence operations . He landed August 22nd on Long Island , with a large force , of which one division was under the command of Lord ...
... hope of a peaceable termination of the dispute being at an end , Sir W. Howe determined at length to commence operations . He landed August 22nd on Long Island , with a large force , of which one division was under the command of Lord ...
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... hope I might without difficulty be relieved from a station which nobody acquainted with its conditions will suppose to have sat light upon me . To say truth , my Lord , my spirits are worn out by struggling against the consequences of ...
... hope I might without difficulty be relieved from a station which nobody acquainted with its conditions will suppose to have sat light upon me . To say truth , my Lord , my spirits are worn out by struggling against the consequences of ...
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... hope now evidently rested on success in the field , yet even this conviction does not appear to have infused much energy into the military operations . During the absence of Lord Cornwallis little was done in the North by either side ...
... hope now evidently rested on success in the field , yet even this conviction does not appear to have infused much energy into the military operations . During the absence of Lord Cornwallis little was done in the North by either side ...
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affairs afterwards appear appointed April army arrival attack attention Bart believe Bengal British Calcutta Camden Captain cavalry Charles Charlestown Colonel command Company Company's conduct considerable CORNWALLIS TO LIEUT.-COLONEL CORNWALLIS TO LORD CORNWALLIS TO SIR corps Court of Directors DEAR LORD DEAR ROSS despatch Duke EARL CORNWALLIS endeavour enemy England favour Fcap force Fort William France French friends give Government Governor Governor-General HENRY DUNDAS honour hope India John July June King King's letter LIEUT.-COLONEL ROSS Lord Cornwallis LORD GEORGE GERMAIN Lord Rawdon Lord Sydney Lordship Madras Majesty Majesty's Major-General Marattas March ment military militia Minister Nabob Nizam North Carolina occasion officers opinion Peshwa Pitt Post 8vo present Prince province Rajah received regiment revenue River Sept settlement SIR HENRY CLINTON Tarleton tion Tippoo Travancore treaty troops Vizier Vols William wish Woodcuts York
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