Letter from Henry Seymour-Conway to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

Scope and Content

Concerns: a court martial report for deserters; the rise in desertion outnumbering the recruiting and a solution required; Lord Rothes' plans to erect magazines of Hay in the calvary quarters; buying up of hay; estimate for the encampment; ordnance work in Ireland; gun powder; a dispute about pay with the governor of Galway; cargo of broken admirals and generals from the Mediterranean; Hawke in command of Byng's fleet; letter from Mr Clements regarding the treasury. Written from Park Place.

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