cover 1797 (19 Feb.) entire letter addressed to "Capt. Hugh Macdonell, Care of Maj r Gen l Johnston, Roy Artillery, Woolwich, England" and carried privately; no postal markings. The contents include "I arrived here just in time to witness the Surrender of this Island without loss of a man - The spaniards burnt all their ships but one consisting of Four of the line and one Frigate - However I find it is stipulated by treaty that the Island is to make up the loss" , and "Another expedition is contemplated - no-one knows whether to Windward on the Main - or leeward among the Islands."
cover 1797 (19 Feb.) entire letter addressed to "Capt. Hugh Macdonell, Care of Maj r Gen l Johnston, Roy Artillery, Woolwich, England" and carried privately; no postal markings. The contents include "I arrived here just in time to witness the Surrender of this Island without loss of a man - The spaniards burnt all their ships but one consisting of Four of the line and one Frigate - However I find it is stipulated by treaty that the Island is to make up the loss" , and "Another expedition is contemplated - no-one knows whether to Windward on the Main - or leeward among the Islands."
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