Letter from Welbore Ellis to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS4/115
  • Former Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/335.16
  • Dates of Creation
    • 21 February 1756
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

Concerns: troop levies in America; debate on bill to grant commissions to foreign officers to serve in America; foreign protestants and German settlers to form four battalions in Pensylvania and Maryland; list of vice treasurers in the past made out from the rolls; marriage of Lord Ashburnham to Betty Crossley; argument between Admiral Griffin and Lord Harry Powlett. Written from Admiralty. Signed "W. Ellis".

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