Letter to [James] Hamilton, [1754] Sep [6].

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Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred citation:

Robert Dinwiddie's Letter to [James] Hamilton, [1754] Sep [6], Manuscript # 1942.3.b, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Dinwiddie's Letter to [James] Hamilton, [1754] Sep [6], Manuscript # 1942.3.b, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Dinwiddie has received Hamilton's letter of {August?} 12. Has prorogued the Virginia Assembly until October because they refused to grant N20,000 for supplies for the troops without also adding N2,500 for Peyton Randolph who complained about Dinwiddie's part in the "Pistole Affair" to the King and Council. Awaits Governor Dobbs's report on the matter. Because Dinwiddie has not been granted the money he wants for the troops, the French and the Indians are free to plunder and wreak havoc. Three independent companies are to build a magazine for stores and a battery at Will's Creek. Letterbook copy of the letter published in R. A. Brock's edition of the official correspondence of Robert Dinwiddie, vol. I., pp. 306-309 (Publications of the Virginia Historical Society, vol. III, 1883.)

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1942.
Physical description:
2 pp. ; 37 cm.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Pistole fee, 1752- 1755.