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Preferred Citation

Robert Dinwiddie's Letter to [Adam Stephen], 1755 Jan 29, Manuscript # 1937.6, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Purchase, 1937.

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Scope and Content Information

Dinwiddie sent money to Stephen via Captain Cocks of Winchester, Virginia and is now low on cash. The provisions to be sent in April a re better than customary. Lt. Mercer will stay in "lower country" to recruit troops for two Irish regiments daily expected. Dinwiddie sends beef and pork to supplement the supplies at Will's Creek. Mr. Mercer left the accounts with clerk of the Committee. Published under date 31 January 1755 from letter-books in the R. A. Brock edition of the official correspondence of Robert Dinwiddie, vol. I, p. 481 (Publications of the Virginia Historical Society, vol. III, 1883).

Index Terms

Persons:

• Cocks, James, Captain.
• Mercer, George.
• Stephen, Adam.

Geographical Names:

• United States -- History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763 --Participation, Irish.
• United States --History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763 --Equipment and supplies.