NAM.1974-01-102-1

Typescript transcripts of 14 letters dated 22 February 1798 to 10 September 1806. Letters concern the request by Maj Gen Simcoe for the transfer to his possession of two Spanish 4 pounder brass cannon (1747) captured on the island of St. Domingo. The correspondence includes an appeal to George III, through the Duke of York, for the gift of the cannon and details of their shipment to England. The cannon and original documents are the property of Leatherhead Urban District Council.