NAM.2012-08-2-101

Letter from Lord Cornwallis, Colonel of the 33rd Regiment of Foot to Col Adam Williamson, Deputy Adjutant General, 1 Jul 1782. Writes that the regiment has always recruited from the West Riding of Yorkshire. He adds that he is ‘sure that no older regiment can claim so long and intimate connexion with the West Riding of Yorkshire’ From a group of 52 letters replying to letters from Adam Williamson asking each of the Colonels of the Regiments of Foot to choose a county name, 1782.