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Tarleton was an English Army Officer and at the time of this letter he was Commander-in-Chief of the Severn District, a military district organized in anticipation of an invasion from France. In this letter he writes to the Quartermaster to inform him of a unit's shortage of blankets and entrenching tools.
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Bristol, Decr. 16th. 1803. Sir, A representation has been made to me by Colonel Lundy of the 3d Battn. of Reserves, stating that the corps under his command, wants both horses intrenching tools and blankets to enable it to take the field. I beg you to mention these deficiencies to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedt. humble Servt. Ban. Tarleton Genl Major General Brownrigg
Creation Date
12-16-1803
City
Bristol
County
Bristol
Country
England
Creator Life Dates
1754-1833
Keywords
Bristol, England, 16 December 1803, 1803, Colonel Lundy, 3rd Battalion of Reserves, war, Major General Brownrigg, Banastre Tarleton
Resource Identifier
080505-28
Date Digital
March 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
History | Military History
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Tarleton, Banastre, "Banastre Tarleton writes to an English Army Quartermaster to inform him of a supply shortage. England, 1803." (1803). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 167.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/167
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