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Extract of letters from the Cape to Robert Brooke

Enclosed in Governor Brookes to Earl Macartney; they give account of the fighting against the Dutch, of the casualties suffered and of how the St. Helena contingent bore itself, they testify to the value of the supplies of men and goods sent by Brooke to the Cape.

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Enclosed with 23; giving news of the war in Europe, obtained from a Major Tench of the Marines. Tench says public confidence in England has been restored; also manuscript transcript (24a).

R. Brooke, St. Helena, Letter (copy) to Admiral Pringle

  • ZA HPRA A737-35
  • File
  • undated, just December 15
  • Part of Robert Brooke

Giving news that Polyphemus has sailed with the India fleet under convoy and that Capt. Brisbane has returned to the Cape for fresh instructions; hopes Admiral will give assistance to the disabled China ships and congratulates him on quelling the mutiny.

R. Brooke, St. Helena, Letter to Earl Macartney

Expressing fears of a French invasion of Ireland and dismay that he was left uninformed of the Danish warships rendez-vous at St. Helena, to convoy their ships from the East.

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