Godfrey, D. to [Turbutt] Francis, 1778 January 3
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Godfrey, D. to [Turbutt] Francis, 1778 January 3 | ||
| Alternative Title | No. 384 D. Godfrey to Francis | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| creator | Godfrey, D. | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Discusses financial matters and mentions the possibility that public credit "may all go to the Devil"; remarks that "The Americans have beat us very handsomely" and asks his opinion about the defeat of [Gen. John] Burgoyne; mentions "the Savage barbarity with which this war has been carried on," asks his opinion about Burgoyne's offer to pay the Indians for American scalps, and comments: "After all this we still call the Americans Cowards, and all the Tories, Jacobite Scotch and the Court believe it"; informs him that Gen. [Sir William] Howe took Philadelphia but will not be able to hold it unless he can open the river to his ships and mentions the battle of Red Bank, [N. J.]; mentions that the British already have been obliged to abandon Long Island and the possibility that the Americans will retake New York; remarks that the British can obtain no more men in Germany and have none in England or Ireland, but that some Scottish lords have offered to raise regiments; mentions that "Congress Paper passes in France"; expresses concern that public bankruptcy will occur and remarks "our Trade with America is lost. . . forever"; remarks that the "Diabolical" scheme of raising so many regiments for the conquest of America is a wicked pretense; comments: "all the Herd of Ministers will be no more when you return." | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | American loyalists | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | France | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | London (England) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Continental Army | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 7p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1778-01-03 | ||
| Date Captured | 2020 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F327 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml | ||
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